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Show 3295 Dobbin- D 1320 Q What notations did you make on that map going down? A Reeside sat in the bow and noted where we got grounded going down, and other features of geology. We would stop, say, two or three or four hours at a place, collect fossils out of the limestone, measure the sections, anything of geological interest; where we took photographs or where we grounded, Reeside put down on that map. Q Now just please tell us your progress from Shafer well on down. A Our experience was just about the same as it was getting to that point; we grounded on the straight stretches, and had no trouble on the bends. One thing that interested us not a little was the fact that in grounding we always jumped overboard as quickly as possible in order to prevent the boat from settling in the sand. We found if it stayed there a few minutes it would fill. We had a hard time to get it off. So several times, when the boat struck, Reeside up in the now just jumped out there and instead of striking sand at a depth of something like this ( indicating), that would ground the boat, he would go clear to here ( indicating). THE SPECIAL MASTER: Mr. Stenographer, just mark the distances. Instead of below the knee-- |