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Show 1006 we took all of his stuff out and spread it on the bank to dry, and that was at noon; and after noon we took a walk down the river, and between a quarter and a half a mile below where we was camped there was a jog in the river, and right there is where the big drop starts; that is where the real water was. " The next morning when we loaded up and started out, my boat was down maybe fifty yards below his; I set the camera at the edge of the water, a long rapid; he started through; I caught his picture as he came through. " There was a little point down here I could see he was trying to pull out of the current when he passed the camera; when he passed this point I became anxious about him; I saw him try to pull out, and he couldn't; and of course the bank of the river was a jumbled mass of huge boulders, anywhere from five feet square up to twenty feet square; it was hard getting over there. [ R. 2379- 2380] " When I got up and could look down the river I could see no Russell, boat, or anything. " I used all the speed I could, and went down that river and passed this jog, and in going along there was a little spit of sand; when I started across there I seen fresh tracks, with water drops all around the foot prints. " I looked ahead, and there was Russell, going down the " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. He was still on foot? " A. Yes; I caught up with him. I said, ' What has happened?' " He said, ' My boat went out from under me.' " I says, ' Where?' |