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Show 554 " Prior to that time we had trailed the boat in part, and it had been drifting part of the way." R. 1351. By trailing the boat the means with a tow line, because they were riding on the large freight boat of the Moab Garage to the structure. R. 1351- 1352. [ BY MR. PARNSWORTH] " Q Where is this place you say you had trouble? " A We started in from mile post 39 to drive it under its own power all the way. " Q That is when you left the big boat? " A Yes. Going down, both the big boat and the small boat encountered trouble at mile post -- that is, in the way of sandbars -- at mile post, 64, 63, 56, 46, 44, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, and 2. " These are miles above the confluence of the two rivers." R. 1352. At the time he made this trip he had a United States Geological Survey Map, Water Supply paper 396, ( 1917), being a profile survey in the Colorado River basin. He kept a record by means of notations of miles on that map, he know where the main sandbars were, and he checked up at the time he went down." I mapped the whole way going down, so I know." R. 1353. [ BY THE SPECIAL MASTER] " Q What was the object of doing that? " A This was two- fold; first, I was supposed to find if there were any geological structures and to study the geology down the Colorado river below Moab, and |