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Show 928 feel along for the channel." R. 2195. Boat No. 1, the one in which he was traveling, was lost in Cataract Canyon on this trip. All of the rapids in Cataract Canyon were run, as he remembers it at this time, no portages being made - " Mr. Edwards ought to remember if we did. " I know, after we lost the No. 1, they run the rest of them." R. 2196. The Best Expedition, in going through Glen Canyon, had lots of trouble through there. " Q That is what I want to know. " A Getting on to sand and bars; but the channel down in there in the Colorado wasn't as bad nor as changeable as it was on the Green, but it changed in places, the sand moving all the time, always moving, and where you would think it was a smooth, nice piece of water and run ahead on it, you would run on to a bar, and you would have to hop out, back the boat off; sometimes we would try backing off with the oars, but the oars would go down into that sand so far you could hardly get them out." R. 2196. At the time of the Best expedition there was more water in the river than at the time of the second Stanton expedition and, as he remembers, was about the same as on the first Stanton expedition. " Q Now, what about that ledge on the Best expedition? " A We got aground on that in good shape, run the boats out on to the ledge, and had to get out and wade, walk around and hunt a way through before we could get down the river." R. 2197. He does not believe that the water over the ledge |
