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| 16 | 18 | The View more quotes about floor">floor of the brine pit, in most places, is ten to fifteen feet below the surface of the water. |
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| 16 | 15 | One of the poles, released in deep water, will stand upright in the water, about a yard of it above the surface. |
| 16 | 16 | The weight makes it easier to keep the pole, which is long, submerged. |
| 16 | 17 | It may thus be used with less fatigue. |
| 16 | 18 | The floor of the brine pit, in most places, is ten to fifteen feet below the surface of the water. |
| 16 | 19 | There are areas in the pits, however, where the depth exceeds that of the poles. |
| 16 | 20 | In such areas, paddles, of which each raft is equipped with four, near the retaining vessels, are used. |
| 16 | 21 | It is slow, laborious work, however, moving the heavy raft with these levers. |