Outing . raged five miles an hour,having no head winds to buck. At Baton Rouge he began to encoun-ter the back-water from the Gulf, andthe hardest kind of pulling was necessaryto average three miles an hour. Here hemade a pull of thirty-two hours withoutstopping for sleep or rest in an effort tocover the last hundred and fifty end of the Eads Jetty was reachedat 11:30 p. m., July 31st. The actual pulling time of the tripwas 723 hours, with an average of 3*/> pull was 85 miles in 17 hours and hispoorest was 34, bucking a head wind allthe way. He was greatly bothered byflies and mos
Outing . raged five miles an hour,having no head winds to buck. At Baton Rouge he began to encoun-ter the back-water from the Gulf, andthe hardest kind of pulling was necessaryto average three miles an hour. Here hemade a pull of thirty-two hours withoutstopping for sleep or rest in an effort tocover the last hundred and fifty end of the Eads Jetty was reachedat 11:30 p. m., July 31st. The actual pulling time of the tripwas 723 hours, with an average of 3*/> pull was 85 miles in 17 hours and hispoorest was 34, bucking a head wind allthe way. He was greatly bothered byflies and mosquitoes and also by rain andheat, and in consequence lost twenty-twopounds in weight. His average day atthe oars was seventeen miles, and he didnot average over five hours sleep a flies and mosquitoes made sleepingin the hot afternoons impossible. In-ability to secure proper food weakenedhim greatly, and he was compelled todrink large quantities of strong coffee tokeep himself awake while THIS LOG JAM FORCED A CARRY
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