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Show 238 This weight , of course , would decrease as the trip progressed because of the use of provisions for ( sub- sub ) sistence . In addition to the weight of the boat and supplies , the weight of the men carried should be added . A boat ( carrying carry-hig carryhig ) three men would make the Iotal weight from two thousand to ( twenty-five twentyfive ) ( Iiiiii- Iiiiii ) dred pounds . As a rule not more than one ( man mail ) would be in the boat at a time ; sometimes two or three were carried , but only in crossing the river back and forth during the survey . The survey party continued on down to ( Hall's Halls ) Crossing , where the party split , the engineers ( re- re ) ( maining anaining ) behind . ( R . 842-844 . ) Stopped at ( Han- Han ) Son Creek . Mr . Chenoweth had cache here . Began surveying back from the canyon . * His notes read : ( "Tuesday Tuesday ) , October 4th . I took the Static ; LaRue in the ( Edison" Edison ) ; ( -that that ) is the name of another boat , and one boat was called ( Static -Static Static ) , the small boat . Met above Halls Crossing by Tom ( Wimmer Wiminer ) , at 11 : 15 , in the motor boat . f ( R . . 845 . ) Wimmer freighted some supplies in for the ( en- en ) , ( rgineers gineers ) at Halls Crossing , and he had a motor which Jie had put in the boat , and he came up the river ( and -and and ) met them a short distance above Halls Crossing , ( -and and ) he took LaRue on board because they had worked together , and they ( went -went went ) up the river to look at a certain rapid that they had talked about |