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Show 1089 speed on the last two days than on the first two. " Shortly after the passing of the storm we were in trouble again. I remember particularly Bill Jones trying to find what he thought was an open channel up to a series of sandbars. Getting up into it, finding there was no outlet, he endeavored to lighten his boat by lifting out his load so the craft could be dragged down through; then he piled the stuff up on the sand, only to find his boat floating back. He remained with his cargo while his boat went adrift. " We recovered that for him, and he had to retrace his course somewhat to get a better channel. We were like a herd of cows, in a way, going through, one would go ahead and then another. " Mr. Wimmer, being rather more familiar with the river, and I think a little better hand with the outboards, would usually get away from us, then he would come back to help some one along.[ R2580] I remember at this trip I got ahead, and endeavored to make a landing on the bank, and slipped. My boat went out under me; I chased it in the water; I landed on a bar; the boat went by; I ran down to try to get ahead, and caught it. I tried to keep my companions from learning as much of my mis- handling of the thing as I could, but I always thought they suspected it." R. 2581. He experienced more difficulty with the motor than he ever had in his life with that type of motor; the cause of it was the silt and extremely sharp sand. |