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Show The supplies ( and anc-1 anc1 ) oc uipment ( 22i 221 ) ( taken talceji ) \ ( vas Nras ) all that cotildbe carried in theboats . ( Tho'boal's Thoboals ) ( "used used usead ) , on ( i3ie the ) second trip were larger than those used , on the first , but were of the same type . The boats were loaded as ( lightly lio-htly liohtly ) as was ( consist consist- consist ) ently possible in order to ( make niake ) the trip , because of the danger in running rapids and encountering bad ( ivater iNyater ) . The boats ( on oil ) the second trip ( wei'e weie weve ) three ( in iii ) ( 11-um- 11um ) ber , two of the ( Galloway G-alloway Galloway ) type and one of a type recommended by the people at Wilmington , ( Cali- Cali ) fornia , ( who -who who ) constructed the boats . The two ( Gallo Gallo- Gallo ) way boats were eighteen feet long with four and ( one-half onehalf ) foot beam . The third boat was built on somewhat different ( lines lilies ) and was about fifteen feet long . The ( approximate approxh-nate approxhnate ) cost of the two larger boats was four hundred dollars each while the third boat cost one hundred fifty dollars . ( ( K R ) . 816-820 . ) The boats used by the Kolb brothers on the first trip cost two ( hundred huudred ) ( twenty-five twentyfive ) dollars each . The boats were all flatbottom . Including the weight of the boat ( and alid ) the ( oars- oars ) ( man 111-IL111 111IL111 ) , they weighed 1,200 ( Ibs lbs ) . , had draft of 8 inches , with a load of 1,200 ( Ibs lbs ) . ; never ( weighed -NNreighed NNreighed ) those ; guessed at it pretty much ; weighed the boats when they ( were -were were ) absolutely dry , and they weighed five hundred pounds ; and their own weight , and just guessed at the weight of the provisions . Actually weighed the boats ; it was in the bill of lading . ( ( K R ) . 820 . ) |