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Show 275 Q. And then took it back overland? A. Yes, sir. The Special Master: Mr. Farnsworth, will you ask him whether this boat shown in the picture ( indicating Complainant's Exhibit No. 11) is the boat he is referring to? By the Special Master: Q. Is that the boat you are referring to ( indicating)? A. ( Examining exhibit) No, sir. That is the picture of a boat at Moab; it is a picture of a boat probably two or three miles off the river at Moab, that Mr. Blake, our boatman's father, hoped at one time to use on the river; he had an invention-- Q. This is not the boat? A. That is not the boat. The Special Master: I did not want to interrupt you; but I did not want to have any mistake about these pictures as connected with your examination. By Mr. Farnsworth: Q. Your plan for using the large boat for making that trip was made after consultation with and receiving full information from those who lived upon the ground and were familiar with the rivers, was it not? A. No, sir-- not to use the boat? Q. No-- your plan to use it? The plan that you intended to follow when you left Washington, until after you had arrived at Greenriver, to use this large boat on this trip, 2238 |