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Show 19 respectively. " These three photographs were made at the same rapids, in Cataract Canyon. The rapids was a fairly easy one and I remained ashore with the camera and photographed the boats going through. The rapids turned out to be rather tame, and the pictures are not very exciting." R. 61. The Expedition encountered about 50 to 55 bad rapids in the 40 miles length of Cataract Canyon, and " practically every time the Government indicates a rapids, the rapids is pretty apt to be there. " Q. And did you find some that did not happen to be on their maps? A. Well, at high water conditions are different from those at the time the maps were made." R. 61. He identifies Complainant Exhibit No. 38. "( Examining photograph). This photograph illustrates what we call a hole. A hole is formed when a large boulder out in the channel of the river lies there and is covered over by the water coming down. The water pours over it and drips down into the hole below, forming a waterfall right in the middle of the river. The chief danger of a hole is that the water will plunge down, and then circle around and form an eddy, and come back and duck under again. I have seen logs ten or fifteen feet long held in a hole for hours while the water throws it to the bottom of the river, scrapes it against the rocks, and lets it come up again. The holes in my estimation, are one of the principal dangers in the |
