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Show 345 there were heavy sand waves. " Q. How high? " A. They were, oh, possibly three or four feet high but they were numerous for a long stretch, which reminds me, I had rode the boat through this stretch from Piute Farms to, I think, Clay Gulch. " Q. Go right ahead. " A. Then, somewhere near the Canyon, mouth of Piute Creek, I took the boat through rapids there, went through what was known as rapids; it was rather swift water, and small rapids, at least, Piute Creek or Canyon. " Q. Go ahead. " A. Then from Canyon on I may have operated the boat. The reason for my hazy recollection is that I was rod man, and these instances of taking the boat just passed from my mind completely. I have more detailed memory for my special work than the casual. Then below, we went on to another rapid, eleven miles above the mouth of the San Juan, or approximately eleven miles. Here I think I took the boat after we had port ged around the rapid to below the rapid, I think I took the boat from there to the Colorado River." R. 887- 888. " Q. What was the character of the banks where you made this portage. |