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Show 3458 Lint- D 1481 pump of the motor lasted only about two hours; out it out. Q Did that put the motor of commission? A We took a five- gallon can, sat on the boat -- connected the hose with it, and one man had to sit there and dip water for one hundred and twenty miles, to keep the engine cool. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Do what? Dip water, did you say? A Yes sir; pour water into the can and siphon it through the engine. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q From Stillwater canyon to the commencement of the cataracts in Cataract canyon did you encounter any difficulty in there in the operation of the boat? A No; just above the confluence of the two rivers hit a bar, hit some sand and broke the propeller shaft of the motor. As I remember, we left it on until we made camp that night, just below the confluence of the two rivers. Then we took the motor off, and put it in the hold of one of the boats. Q From then on you did not use any motor? A We didn't use a motor. Q That stretch of the river from the commencement of the cataracts in Cataract canyon up to Greenriver, Utah, could you have brought those same boats up the river with the same |
