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Show Record which is also an Independent survey, no comparison being made with the survey of the Army Engineers. The next bar in the so- called 167 Halverson bar, located at a point 108 miles above the mouth of the Green. There is very little change between conditions now and in 1909 at this point. The next bar is at Mile 106.7 from the mouth of the Green, and no reference was made to it in the Army Engineers' report. At Mile 106 is the Gimlet bar, which is probably the bar referred to by Mr. Eddy as a point where there is a right angle turn in the current and waves. Conditions here were the same at the time of my survey as in 1909. The next bar, at 168 Mile 104, the Sunaba bar, was apparently not there in 1909. The channel depths there were from one to three feet, with numerous submerged rocks. The Sunaba bar is not mentioned as such in the Army report. The reference to rocks in the channel in that report may refer to the rocks which are now in the Sunaba bar. The Army Engineers mention rocks in the river, but I, of course, have 169 no way of knowing whether they refer to these same rocks. In their report they were using the mileage below Green River, without carrying along a continuous survey, so that there may be a mile or so difference in what they are describing and what we saw. The San Rafael bar, located at the mouth of the San Rafael River, is in all probability one of the most shifting bars 170 in the river. From appearances it is constantly shifting. The foregoing completes the list of bars and riffles as such. Below the last mentioned point, which is about twenty- one miles below the town of Green River, there are no riffles, the last riffle being about one mile above where the controverted section of the Green River bed begins. 175 Down to the mouth of the San Rafael we traveled in a light row boat that had been stored at and shipped from Salt Lake 176 City by the Government. We had previously made arrangements with the Moab Garage Company to bring a large motor- boat, drawing - 25- |