ΓÇ£With the crowds of people waiting to get on the ferry, we could be stranded here for days! Hope thereΓÇÖs enough graze for all those animals -- not many people carry feed! IΓÇÖd rather wait, though, than cross in a rickety wagon boat!ΓÇ¥
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ΓÇ£CanΓÇÖt afford to take a ferry. WeΓÇÖre making our wagon into a boat. WeΓÇÖll turn it over, caulk the bottom and sides with pitch, and use it to float our goods across. Have to swim the animals. Hope it doesnΓÇÖt rain -- the riverΓÇÖs high enough!ΓÇ¥
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ΓÇ£DonΓÇÖt try to ford any river deeper than the wagon bed -- about two and a half feet. YouΓÇÖll swamp your wagon and lose your supplies. You can caulk the wagon bed and float it -- or be smart and hire me to take your wagon on my ferry!ΓÇ¥
