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Show 99 -- 95-- of the Slide, and stuck there for a minute before we pushed it off." R. 212. The other boat went through there, and immediately turned to the right and skipped the bar, knowing it was there. " Q Well, we have gotten up above the Slide now, and the first sandbar. Now, just tell us about the progress of your trip from there on up." R. 212. On Friday, October 19, [ 1928] " we left the camp [ at 8: 37 A. M.] at Nile 3.2 above the junction and stopped for lunch at Nile 10 at 11: 30 o'clock." " We made approximately 2.4 miles and hour upstream. That time included stops necessary to take pictures and fill the tank of our outboard motor, and waiting for the big boat when we got stuck on sandbars, to be pushed off." R. 213. " Q Well, did the big boat get stuck on sandbars? " A The big boat got stuck on sandbars; yes, sir. The big boat got stuck on a sandbar at Nile 3.8, at a point where Mr. Baldwin was trying to find a channel over a bar. " Q Well, Sr. Baldwin had been down that stream about three or four days before that? " A He had been down that stream on the Wednesday morning, probably, on that particular trip. " By Mr. Farnsworth; " Q Somebody told you that, I suppose? " A Well he arrived where we were on Wednesday afternoon, and this is only four miles above there; so |