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Show 661 " A. Well, that occurred, wherever there were rapids apt to occur; depended on what kind of waves you struck, just the way you happened to take a rapid. " Q. Have you any recollection as to what parts of the river your boats filled with water? " A. Along Red Canyon -- " Q. I mean below Greenriver, Utah. " A. Below Greenriver, Utah? " Q. If at all. " A. In Cataract Canyon, of course all through there you were liable to get full of water whenever you ran a rapid. " Q. Anywhere else? " A. No, only in Cataract Canyon -- well, that little rapid in Glen Canyon, you might ship some water there, but not bad. " Q. You don't recall whether you did or not? " A. Don't think we did, not much, anyway." R. 1589. He has no recollection of ever encountering any sand waves. The boats were very sturdy in their construction and they wouldn't have minded sand waves, because they could stand almost anything. There were three men in each boat, except one, which carried four, and he believes there were 1,000 to 1,200 pounds in each boat. On his first trip down the river they left a boat at the mouth of the Dirty Devil, until the following year, because they were short of rations, and they couldn't stop long enough to make the investigations and photographs |