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Show 1014 o'clock September 1st [ 1929]. The boat touched bottom in a few places between North Wash and Red Canyon or Tickaboo, but nothing serious: " we touched the bottom with our oars in lots of places." Bottom was touched in Trachyte rapid, where they went through without power because the rapid is bad water. " Whenever we came to bad water, we wouldn't use the motor, so naturally a boatman will get in the habit - he would be rowing along, and every once in a while he will raise his cars up and dip down and feel to see if he can feel bottom. Naturally that is what we do, to a great extent. " In the break in Trachyte rapid, although we had lots of water, it is shallow, that is, right in the break; there is a gravel reef runs across; after you get over the break you get into rough water, but it is deeper." R. 2401. From Tickaboo down the boat struck bottom frequently and especially at what used to be called Olympia Bar, where opposite there, he had to get out, take the boat by the nose, and work around to get over where it should be. That was another crossing. R. 2401. The stage of water at the time was not what could be called extremely low, there being more water than could be naturally expected at that time of year, and he estimates it at twelve or fourteen thousand second feet. He does not remember having to get out of the boat more than once below Hall's Crossing. They ran on to the rocks, " Just touched the rocks", in Smith Fork rapid, " and I know we drug the motor along on the gravel for quite a ways just above Lake canyon; Lake canyon we was quite anxious, we were touching bottom with the oars all the time through there; the water was |