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Show 514 still making camp." R. 1282. Left mile 54 1/ 2 the next morning at 7: 13 A. M. and arrived at Lee's Ferry at 1: 10 P. M. They did not make camp on that day, nor any side excursions, and he does not recall getting out of the boat at all between the time he started and the time of arrival at Lee's Ferry. R. 1282. He made no notation of the hour of arrival at the various camps except at Lee's Ferry. R. 1282. The hour of departure is not quite as confusing as when landing when you have to do a whole lot of things. The object in making a notation of departure was for general information only. " Q As a matter of fact, Colonel Dent, you had no serious difficulty in making that trip from North Wash to Lee's Ferry, did you? " A I would call it quite an adventure, when you ship ten gallons of water at one time, in one wave; I think that is quite a serious proposition. " Q Well, now, if we will exclude that ten gallons of water, aside from that you wouldn't think you had a very serious difficulty in making that trip, would you? " A It was a highly uncomfortable trip, and while we didn't ship that much water at any other time, we were constantly shipping water." R. 1283. A good part of the time it was raining, which added to the discomfort. R. 1283. 42 |