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Show Record and have gone thence down the river to Lee's ferry. We usually pick up our tourists at Richfield or Green River, Utah. Crescent Creek is the same place as North Wash. In making these trips I have been using a small canvas folding boat, made of twenty- two ounce, double- filled duck and waterproof, with steel ribbing, crossways and Longitudinally. My boats have been of the fourteen 2270 and sixteen foot type, with about a five foot beam and a draft of six inches loaded. They are row boats, pointed at each end, and operated by cars, one boat carrying two passengers and luggage. One of the passenger acts as boatman. I go personally on 2271 these trips and on each trip usually take two boats and sometimes three or four. In making these trip with tourists I have the responsibility of making the trip safe. One reason why I have selected a small boat which is easily and quickly managed is to avoid sand bars, shoals, whirlpools, wind waves and also sand wait over three or four hours for the wind to go down so that we 2272 can safely go on. I have encountered sand waves on this stretch of river an endeavor to keep the boats out of them. Usually there is some quiet water on one or the other side of the river and by crossing and recrossing we are able to keep out of most of the sand waves. In response to interrogatories propounded by the Special Master the witness testified: In going through sand waves that we were not able to keep our of we rode them the same as we do some of the rapids; I have discovered that we will ship leas water by putting the boat long ways of the trough and floating down in that manner; that is, going down sideways; but we have done it both ways. I have always gone through safely. Resuming his direct examination Mr. rust testified as follows: 2273 Between Crescent Creek and Lee's Ferry there are some small rapids, for instance, Trachyte, Tickaboo, Bull Frog and |