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Show 5191 F. Bennett- D 3203 positive, but I know we tried to put the boat over that night. We didn't make it. The current was pretty heavy. We put out a line; couldn't hold it; swung one way and the other, and would catch on the rocks. I believe they but in kind of a capstan and windlass there. We brought it up over there with a block and tackle. I don't remember about that now. We used something of that kind to pull the boat up over, kind of dragged it up, because it would catch on one side or the other. We pulled it by main force, got it up there. MR. FARNSWORTH: Which boat is this? BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q This is Stanton's motor boat? A This is Stanton's motor boat. Q Mr. Bennett, when was the first time that you saw sandwaves on the Colorado? THE SPECIAL MASTER: Has he ever seen them? BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Have you ever seen sand waves? A Oh, yes. Q When first? A I was trying to think. The first time I saw them was, I think, on this trip down the river. Possibly might have saw them before that. I never encountered them, anyway. This trip I went down in December, we struck sand |