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Show 745 Cataract canyon " A. No, I do not; but I should say around forty, -- I mean, that we counted as rapids. " Q. And that covers how many miles? " A. Probably about forty miles " Q. Did you love any boats in Cataract canyon? " A. No sir. " Q. Was it necessary to portage any of the rapids? " A. Yes, sir. " Q. Do you recall how many of them? " A. No, I do not. " Q. These portages that you made, did you take the boats entirely out of the water? " A. It wouldn't be a portage unless you did. " Q. At other places did you line the boats through? " A. Yes, sir. " Q. Lining the boats through, did you unload them? " A. In some instances, and in some not; that all depended on what that particular situation was; if we thought it was safe to line then without unloading them, we naturally got out of as such work as we could, and we didn't unload them. If we thought it was unsafe, we unloaded them, and portaged the loads down to where they could be loaded up again." R. 1786- 1787. In one instance be purposely went into the heavy waves in a rapid in Cataract Canyon, because it looked as if it was free from rocks, and the photographer wanted a picture of a |