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Show 6997 Fotheringham- D 4985 Q Tell us how you guided this boat. A What? Q Tell us how you handled this big boat, how you guided it when you came down stream. A How did we guide it? Q Yes. A I had a big sweep on each end, with a paddle that worked in a clevis on the boat so you wouldn't lose it; you could lift it like you could an oar, and pull; it was made out of long poles with a paddle on, one man on each end, or two men, and keep pulling it this way, see ( indicating)? The Colorado river, there is a current on each side; you pull over that into the eddy, and you are all right; if you can't pull over that, you go down. Q You couldn't handle it in the high flood water that was on? A No, couldn't handle it. THE SPECIAL MASTER: The witness says when he took the boat down with sweeps? MR. FARNSWORTH: I understand so. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You used those sweeps when you started out from Hole-in- the- Rock, did you? |