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Show 5573 Hite - X 3581 23 A Yes, sir; in a very small way we rowed the boat. Q Did you have your boat equipped with a sail of any kind? A Occasionally we raised a bed blanket for a sail. Q I see. And that was the best thing that you had in the way of a sail, I assume? A All that we know how to make. Q I see. But even with that sort of a sail, it was of some aid or you would not have used it, I assume? A In the quiet waters we could use that. Q I see. And did you have occasion to see other men on the river using a sail of some kind, either a blanket or some other type of sail, coming upstream? A I think twice. Q Your equipment that you had in your mining opera-tions was set up at some particular place, on one of the bars that you were working, was it not? A Yes, sir. Q And at times when there would be a rise, in the water that would come sufficiently high to make carry- |