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Show 3231 Dent- D 1258 In this case the boat was a skiff manufactured by the Evinrude Company for use with an out- board motor. It was about sixteen feet in length, with a beam of about four feet, moulded hold, and a very pronounced keel. We had a Johnson two- cylinder out- board motor lashed to that, about eight horsepower, and we had two sets of oars. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Well, now, just describe your progress down the Colorado at that point, what you did and what you saw. A We left North wash at 1: 30 P. M. on the last day of September. THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is the 1st of this month, is it? MR. BLACKMAR: Yes. A I am now using sheet 12 of Exhibit 10, which shows the mouth of North wash as about 167 1/ 2 miles above Lee's Ferry, Arizona. Miles on the maps to be referred to from here on are based on Lee's Ferry, mile 0. On this trip the boat ran smoothly when the water was over about a foot and a half in depth, and dragged thereafter. Substantially no notes were made as to where the boat dragged, but it did drag very frequently. Q Why were no notes made? A On this trip there were only three of us. After we got |