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describe so the water would come in A. Yes, sir, leaky. Q. Full of holes A. Well, they were leaky Q. No protection to the feet really A. No protection from water, no sir Q. And shortly after you came he had a new pair A. Yes sir Q. Then those all wore out and grew very leaky A. Those grew very leaky towards spring Q. What sort of boots were they A. I don't know whether they were cow-hide skin or calf skin Q. Did he have a new pair after that while you were there A. I never knew him to have but that one pair of new boots while I was there Q. That was in the early part of the winter that he had them A. Yes sir Q. Then he had ^ [ added ] high which were new boots through the cold weather A. Yes sir. Q. When was it that they became so leaky as to let in the water you describe A. He wore them out about