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Show 774 " Q. The day that you went up the river on that boat, how much of a cargo did it have? " A. Well, my recollection is we had about maybe a thousand pounds of supplies, food supplies, and then when the various men that were along with the expedition were inside the boat, -- there were seven or eight men -- that would make about twenty- five hundred pounds when the boat was full of men and supplies. " MR. FARNSWORTH: What was the length of the boat? " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. About how long was this boat? " A. My recollection is about twenty- seven feet; twenty seven feet in length, about seven foot beam; that is my recollection of it; that is my memory." R. 1849- 1850. [ Photograph No. 260, in Exhibit No. 11 D., represents the boat]. " We unloaded the boat at Lees Ferry and placed it on a large truck and drove it overland from Lees Ferry to the upper part of what people locally call the dug way." That is the descent from the mesa down into the canyon of the Colorado River. They then let the boat down with a block and tackle to the water edge. This was two and one- half or three miles below Lees Ferry, just below the Paria Rapids. R. 1851. " It was a gasoline propelled boat, and then the engine was started; there were several around; we were all very much interested in the boat; didn't know that it would do on the river; we started it more or less experimentally; there were several -- two or three of the government men -- two or |