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Show 856 Canyon, and a couple of pretty rough ones in Narrow Canyon. R. 2013. After the expedition got into Glen Canyon there were not so many rapids. There was nothing as bad as in the Cataract Canyon. It was in August when the expedition went through there, and there was more water than there had been in December the previous year; and the rapids in Glen Canyon were due to shallow water. He recalls Tickaboo rapid, and knows it was swift and shallow, and doesn't think it was as bad as it had been the previous December. R. 2013- 2014. He recalls that the men and supplies in the boats ran the rapids. " Any time we could run a boat through without portaging, or taking out the stuff, we didn't call it much of a rapid, but it was shallow water for some distance. " R. 2015. As he recalls it, Trachyte rapid was the worst rapid in that part of the country, but it was not as bad as it had been the previous December. The boats dragged several times; struck on the bottom. R. 2015. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q did you row? " A We had to row; on swift water you have to beat the current to steer a boat at all. " Q You had plenty of water on either side, did you? " A No, we had to take this rough water. " Q You had oars ten feet long, nine to ten feet long? " A Yes. " Q So you must have had plenty water on either side to use your oars, didn't you? [ R. 2015] " A Enough for that always, yes. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q How did the sandbars in Glen Canyon compare with the |
