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Show 8 -- 5-- while another man had been on the Red River at flood times. The remaining members of the crew had had canoe and general boating experience. R. 41. The larger boats weighed, unloaded, about 1000 pounds each, and the small one, unloaded, approximately 800 pounds. The larger boats cost $ 950.00 each and the small one $ 350.00, F. O. B. New York. The party left Greenriver, Utah, June 27th, 1927. He identifies Complainant's Exhibit No. 16, photograph taken from a point at which the boats were launched on the river, and showing the two bridges at Greenriver, Utah. The Denver & Rio Grande Railroad crosses the river at this place, R. 42. Identifies Complainant's Exhibit No. 17, which " is a photograph of our boats and some of the members of the crow." R. 43 Identifies Complainant's Exhibit No. 18, which " is a photograph taken from the river, and showing Dellenbaugh Butte." Dellenbaugh Butte is between Greenriver, Utah, and the mouth of the San Rafael, probably 18 or 20 miles below Greenriver, Utah. R. 43- 44. " Q. Mr. Eddy, just tell me what difficulties you encountered between Greenriver, Utah, and the mouth of the San Rafael. " A. In launching our boats, we found ourselves immediately in very swift water. The water was high, and |
