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Show boat about four feet beam 412 ; ( had bad ) about ( twenty-inch twentyinch ) , sides . They called it a modified ( Galloway-type- Gallowaytype ) boat ; just a cheap boat . It drew from eight to ten . inches with the load they had on it and in it . ( R . 1475 . ) The motor ( was -was was ) fastened on the ( back back- back ) . . ( The- The ) way the boat was decked over , the propeller ( wasn't wasnt wasn't- wasnt ) very deep under water ; when they started out they tried to ( tie tic ) the boats together tandem , but ( couldn't couldnt ) tow them that way . ( R . 1475 . ) There was in the , neighborhood of a thousand pounds in the holds of * the boat with the Evinrude motor ; there were ( two- two two ) , of them ( on oil ) the deck . ( R . 1475 . ) The other two . boats were ( sixteen-foot sixteenfoot ) boats , rounded sides ; called them ( lapped-side lappedside ) boats ; they were riveted ; the ( bot-- bot ) tom was rounded just a little bit ; ( had bad ) about ( thirteen thirteen- thirteen ) inches ( flare-that flarethat ) is , rake , rather . That ( means- means ) that from the amidships it comes up ; the ( bottom- bottom bottom ) , of the boat is not level . ( R . 1475-1476 . ) The ( par- par ) ticular advantage of the flare is that it makes it easy to handle the boat ; sort of a pivot to turn , . on . The boat was of the Galloway type , decked over . The ribs were of ( oak oah ) , and the ( rest Test ) of it ( was- was ) cedar or spruce . The draft of the boats was ( about about- about ) eight inches loaded ; they ( didn't didnt ) draw as ( much1 much-- much ) water as the other boat . ( ( E R ) . 1476 . ) Mr . ( Cheno- Cheno ) ( weth -NiTeth NiTeth ) was in ( charge chaTge ) of this party . The ( purpose- purpose purpose ) of the expedition from Greenriver down was to run a river traverse from the junction of the . Green and the Grand [ Colorado ] river through Cataract canyon and on down as far as Lees ( Ferrjr Ferry- Ferry ) |