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Show ; j Columbia Institute of Arts and , Sciences , New York ; Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences % Brooldyn ; Columbia University Club ; Princeton Club ; Ijyric Theatre , ( B"altimore Baltimore ) ; ; and various other places . . 111einber ( Explorer's Explorers ) Club , New York . . . All previous expeditions had gone down at low water , but his studies and experiences of Powell , , Stanton , and others prevailed him to make trip at relatively high water ; this would make for more danger but better speed and less work . . ( R . 39 ) Designed boats after those ( used used- used ) by Powell and Stanton . His two large boats were 22 ft . long , . 5 ft . . beam , built of ( half-inch halfinch balf-hich balfhich ) Mexican ( mahogany mahogany' mahogany ) , on very heavy oak ribs and keels , having three ( water-tight watertight ) compartments , forward , amidships , and aft , , and intended to be ( unsiiikable unsinkable ) . The small boat was 16 ft . . long , built of % in . cedar , on same heavy oak ribs and keels , decked over for 4 ft . at each end , and had a splash board , but no ( water-tight watertight ) ( com- com ) partment . ( R . . 40 . ) His crew of 9 men were selected from 150 ( appli- appli ) cants of ( college-trained collegetrained ) men , as his war experience led him to believe they would stand up better than tough citizens . ( R . . 40 . . ) He secured the services of Parley Galloway , who had grown up the river . An International ( Ne-ws News ) Service camera man joined the party at Greenriver , Utah , and he also hired a hobo at Greenriver . . The party left Greenriver with thirteen men and three boats . . |