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Show 743 of the river we put on that skag to keep the boat from swinging too much, then we took that off in the swifter parts. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. This skag you refer to, is that kind of a rudder? " A. No, it is a keel that projects form the under side of the boat down into the river, covering the lowest half of the boat, the rear, the stern. That was bolted on so we could detach that. it would be dangerous to try to run rapids - we practically went down stern first in all the rapids - we couldn't have done that with that skag on, so we detached that in the swift parts of the river, and put it back on in the more quiescent parts, so as to make it a good deal easier to handle the boats. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. Whose idea was that? " A. I believe that was my own, sir. " Q. To your knowledge has that been tried on boats before on that river? " A. Not that I know of, sir. These boats were rather the outcome of Mr. Galloway's and my own experience and were quite different from any that had been built for that purpose theretofore. " Q. Do you know whether that appliance was afterwards used on what has been termed the Galloway type of boat? " A. Yes, sir. " Q. It was no used? " A. I have understood so, yes, sir R. 1783- 1784 |