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Show They ( run riiii ) the ( Mullins illidlins ) 789 boat at ( sucli such ) a ( rate 'rate rate ) , the high speed and silt in the river cut the bearings ( out ont ) down by the propeller , got it to ( wabbling -wabbling wabbling ) in the ( water wtiter ) , then they burnt the bearings out , and came back with the bearings burnt out , rowed it back . When they got back ( with -with with ) it they got a ( fel- fel ) low to rebabbit it , put in new bearings ; they used it for a trip or two up the river after that . ( R . 3025 . ) It was ( finally filially ) tied up at Lees Ferry where it sank in the sand and lay for years . It ( was Nvas ) finally dug ( out oul ) ( > , ) repaired , and ( taken 'taken taken ) to Lake Mary at ( Mag- Mag Flag- Flag ) staff , Arizona , for a pleasure boat . He has never seen it ( sin sifk ) ? e . ( R . 3025 . ) Besides these boats they [ Spencer ] ( had bad ) two small boats propelled with small engines of about ten horsepower . These boats got away and went down the river . He ( only oilly ) rode part of the way on the trips to Warm Creek on the ( diaries Charles ) H . Spencer . He would help them get started , ride up a ways , and then come back to the ferry . At that time he was ( run run- run ) ning the ferry for Charles H . Spencer and went up the stream on the ( diaries Otarles ) H . Spencer possibly four orfive miles . ( R . 3026 . ) During the four or five miles that they went ( up- up ) stream ( Mitli Nvith ) this boat , they encountered many ( diffi diffi- diffi ) culties ; set three days one time on the sand . ( R . 3026 . ) This happened a mile and a half or two miles up the river from Lees Ferry . It drug a |