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Show 753 " A. Yes sir. " Q. Who did that? " A. All of us. At the head of each rapid we stopped the boat, tie [ Sic. tied] it up to the rocks, and walk [ Sic. walked] down the stream on one side of the rocks and look [ Sic. looked] her over on one side, sometimes if you can't exactly very well pick out the channel, we cross to the other side of the stream and do a similar thing. " Q. In running these rapids in Cataract canyon did anybody ride in the boat outside of the boatmen? " A. Mostly not. If dangerous for passenger -- expected to get wet -- they walk around, but if it was light rapids we used to have them along, but most of them we used to run ourselves " Q. Was it necessary to portage the boats any place in Cataract canyon? " A. Dark canyon rapid -- wasn't exactly portage -- we portaged the baggage around to the lower part of the rapid, then we lined them by lines; sometimes had to drag over the rocks; but we didn't carry them any considerable way around." R. 1804- 1806. In the section of the river known as Narrow Canyon they had difficulty going through the sand- bars, like they had had before, and it was more difficult when the river would shift, making a big bend, there would be a sheer wall against it, and sometimes a kind of a cave under the wall. The swift current would carry one right under, so they had to do quite a bit of rowing to keep away from |