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boat that had been put high 
& dry up on land & turned 
into a hotel. It certainly 
looked slick. Three miles 
below Eagle point bridge we 
came to Dubuque & two 
great bridges there. For one
of them, the railroad bridge, which 
is a draw, the raft had to 
be divided. "Chub" & I hustled
up to the front end of it & 
hauled our canoe out onto it. 
There is a sort of guide built 
there of heavy timbers so 
that rafts etc will go 
through the draw & not 
to pieces against the piers

We got safely through with