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Show 611 " Q. During four passage through Labyrinth canyon did you have any trouble with sticking on sandbars? " A. We had the same trouble. " Q. Have any men overboard to push off? " A. Yes sir. " Q. What about Stillwater Canyon? " A. They were all about the same in there below the south of the San Rafael. " Q. So the situation in Stillwater Canyon was practically the same as Labyrinth? " A. Yes sir; also like to state there was so much sediment in the water at the time we left Greenriver that the packing in the pump of the motor lasted only about two hours; cat it out. " Q. Did that put the motor out of commission? " A. We took a five- gallon can, sat on the boat -- connected the hone with it, and one man had to sit there and dip water for one hundred and twenty miles, to keep the engine cool. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. Do what? Dip water, did you say? " A. Yes sir: pour water into the can and siphon it through the engine." R. 1480- 1481. Above the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers he hit a bar, " hit some sand and broke the propeller shaft of the motor. As I remember, we left it on until we made camp that night, just below the confluence of the two rivers. |