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Show 101 -- 97-- got stuck, and required either lifting of the motor or some operation to get the boat rezoned." R. 215. This was his first trip. " On that particular day, Friday, we pulled away at 8: 37; stopped for lunch at Mile 10 at 11: 30 o'clock and camped at Mile 13.5 at 4 p. m; the average speed upstream was 1.8 [ miles] an hour," including all stops. R. 215. " The channel through that stretch alternated from side to side, its location depending partly upon the character of the bends. During the afternoon I did not notice that the big boat got stuck at all. " On Saturday, October 20, at Mile 15.5, the river makes a very decided bond to the left, and special survey was made of that and is shown on Plate 36, [ Complainant's] Exhibit 76, at which point a very decided whirlpool is formed in the river on account of the bend in the river. A survey was made of the bar and the channel conditions at that point; photographs were also made. " Now, progressing upstream from that point, very decided sandbars were noticed and crossing bars were discovered at Mile 16.8, Mile 19.5 and Mile 20.9. Between Mile 19 and Mile 20 both boats had considerable difficulty. The larger boat was stuck at least twice. I might any that many times we went on ahead to locate the channel, and I have only put on here ( indicating exhibit) the times that I actually observed that the big boat was stuck. Throughout the course of the river, up as far as Mile 20, the river is winding between rock channels, alternating sidebars, with the crossing bare between the bends, and |