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Show 6961 Chaffin- D 4949 Q Then the boats you have used in other place that you refer to have been of less horsepower? A There was one launch I used, I don't know just what the rated horsepower of that would be; that was a launch perhaps twenty- six feet long, and maybe seven or eight feet wide, and that was more horsepower than any of them, I should judge that may be a thirty or forty horsepower. Q Where did you operate that? A I operated that at Arrowhead lake in California. Q Have you ever used a motor boat on the Columbia river? A Yes sir. Q What horsepower did that have? A That was about one and one- half horsepower. Q How large a boat was that? A Oh, perhaps twenty feet long. Q Was that a modern, up- to- date motor? A Yes sir. Q What would you say as to the ability of the boat to go up any of the section of the Colorado river in question, that is, that you have personally been on? Think that could make these rapids, or not? |