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CHAPTER XXVIII. Swinging down the River.--Named for Me.--Plum Point

again.--Lights and Snag Boats.--Infinite Changes.--A Lawless

River.--Changes and Jetties.--Uncle Mumford Testifies.--Pegging

the River.--What the Government does.--The Commission.--Men and

Theories.--“Had them Bad.”--Jews and Prices.