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Show Record Mr. Woodbury were with me on that expedition. We left the town of Green River in November, 1927, with five boats in our party. 2299 We launched our boats at Green River, Utah, at about 3: 30 P. M. and made our first camp at about 6: 30 P. M. that night at a point eight or ten miles below the town of Green River. Between said town and the mouth of the San Rafael we were continually grounding on sand bars and especially on the mud flats around the San Rafael; the water was very low and we all got stuck in the mud and had to lift the boats off the sand bars continually, always getting wet. Between the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green River there weren't so many sand bars, but the water was sallow; we hit a good many riffles where the boats grounded 2300 on the pebbles and were grounded several time but scraped over. We met no other boats in that stretch of river. The following questions put to the witness Daily and his answers there to are here quoted: Q. How did your expedition get through Cataract Canyon? A. With a good deal of difficulty; the water was very sallow; we were continually grounding, all the time. Q. I am talking about Cataract canyon, now, that in right below the junction. A. Cataract Canyon? May I ask a question? Q. Yes, sir. A. Is that where the first series of small riffles begins? 2301 By the Special Master: Q. Do you know where the junction of the two rivers was? A. Yes, sir. Q. Describe your trip from below the junction. A. The first part below the junction is very shallow water; we hit on sand bars; and below that the sand seems to give way to small pebbles, that is, the stream is low, and you grate along on sort of riffles in the stream; it is not sand, but the 300 |