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Show 7328 Chaffin- D 5308 sail? A By putting a staff up on the end of the boat and using a piece of canvas. Q Have you ever sailed up the rapids at Tickaboo? A Not that year. Q Are there some rapids there? A Yes sir. Q Have you ever sailed up those rapids, ever at any time? A Later on I have. Q Without otherwise aiding your boat? A By pole, some by pole. Q You have never sailed up those rapids without giving some aid with a pole? A Yes, I have. Q How large loads have you seen taken between Tickaboo and Moquie bar on the river? A Well, boat loads, or raft loads, or what kind of loads? Q Any kind, and then we will have you tell -- A Boat loads is about twelve or fifteen hundred. Q Raft loads how much? A Raft, mostly timber, somewheres from ten to twelve Q You used those rafts mostly for transporting timber, did you? A Yes sir. Q In 1897 and 1898, what bar were you working, if you |