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Show Record there, for on page 258 I say: " In the beginning of Cataract canon, we encountered our first real rapid, losing all of our extra oars and paddles, and one- third of the provisions, and for 28 miles it was a succession of rapids, continually running into each other, and a continuous series of mishaps and losses either from boats swamping or breaking away, the men wet day after day." That was a true statement. Then I go on in the book and give in more detail the nature and identity of the perils and inconveniences I encountered on the journey. 1437 I wrote the article appearing in exhibit 177 which bears the title " Through Mysterious Canons of the Colorado", dated 1892 in the left hand corner on printed page 253. And I wrote it at a time when the incidents of the journey were fresher in my mind than they are now, and when I had available my diary an my stenographic botes and all other material bearing on the trip. On page 253 after I speak of launching the boats, I state: " The next day we cast off and started south on the Green for the head of the Colorado River, 120 miles away. " A few miles from our start we entered Labyrinth Canon, which is very winding. At Bowknot bend we traveled 7 miles to get one- fourth of a mile ahead, the river making a complete bow- knot." 1438 That is a true statement. Then in the next paragraph I make the following statement which is a true statement: " Entering Sitllwater Canon, the river gently flows between the Orange Cliffs; they, too, are cut and worn in weird and fantastic shapes, resplendent in their brilliant coloring. Then on page 254 of exhibit 177 I make the following statement: " After over- hauling and repacking our cargo and establishing our points, we turned loose on our perilous journey." We were then at the mouth of the Green River and then in the exhibit I say: " Six miles below, at the head of Cataract canon, we 1439 struck our first real rapid. |