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Show 4826 Swanholm- D 2840 A After I left Moab coming down the river, I had arranged for the black boat of the garage company to be brought down to No. 1. I wanted that as an emergency boat to get out of the river after the stock had left, so that was delivered to me, as I remember it, two or three weeks after I first made my trip down, and leaving the country I went out with the black boat and the little boat as a trailer. Q Who accompanied you on that trip? A There were two men, one was the line assistant, and the cook that was down there. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What time was this, what month? A That is very close to the 1st of December, in the first week of December, 1 think, of 1927. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Did you encounter any difficulties on the way up the river? A Yes, that one trip I broke off a support for the propeller of the big boat, and endeavored to use the little boat, pull it over to the bank. Sheared off propeller pins twice. That was the major trouble we had. Q Have any trouble with sandbars? A That was occasioned by getting on the sandbars; that was the damage that was done by getting on the sandbars; sandbars |