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Show 182 Rafael River for, possibly, a quarter of a mile before we got stuck in the sand. And we then knew that it was impossible to launch the motorboat in the river at any point. By the Special Master: Q When you speak of the motorboat, do you mean with an outboard motor? A No, the one I speak of has the motorboat is the one they brought over with the canoe. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q It is the big boat? A It is the big boat. So we decided right then and there that we would take the canoe they brought with them; I do not know why they brought the canoe with them; it was just luck that they did. The canoe was a canvas- covered canoe, 15 feet long. By Mr. Blackmar: Q One of those canoes that they call the " Peterborough?" A Yes; it was not the main type of canoe; I do not know what you call it; it had a safety device on the outside. By the Special Master: Q Flanges? A Flanges. It had a four- foot bean, and was equipped with oars. I had had five years' experience with canoes in Maine, and I think I had never rowed a canoe; I had always paddled them. The canoe fitted into the program very well 2145 |