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Show 4014 Kane- RD 2034 and sand, some sand, mostly gravel in that river. Q How was the raft started? A Just pushing with poles. Q Did I ask you the size of that raft? A No. Q What was the size of it? A It was about probably fourteen feet long and five feet wide, not any wider than that Q What was it built out of? A Built of pine logs, dry pine logs. We found the raft on the bank; it had been there for a long time. MR. BLACKMAR: That is all. RECROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Mr. Nims was with you on this trip, wasn't he? A Where we had the raft? Q On this trip down to the lower Colorado. A The Stanton party, he was with that party until he got hurt and had to be taken out. He didn't go to the gulf. Q He went over these same reefs you speak of? A Yes. Q And was present when this portage was taken? A He went over that with the Brown party -- Brown- Stanton party. |