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The horse was taken on board, the boat securely fastened by a strong rope at the bow and stern, so as to hold her broadside against the current, and then the contrivance began dragging her slowly toward the opposite shore. During the spring months and the period of high water, a great many rafts of lumber descend the Castaran, though the number is not so great of late years as formerly.
It was then drawn by horse through the canal Denville, several miles to the north, where the waterway touched the level of the Castaran river. The boat, which lay against the bank of the canal near the quarries, was loaded so heavily that it was brought as low in the water as was safe.
Hunter was owner of the famous Brereton Quarry & Stone Works, located about a mile above the thriving village of Brereton, on the eastern bank of the Castaran river, and at a somewhat greater distance below the town of Denville.
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