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is under it. Q. Usual thickness? A. I suppose so. Q. That is the top boards were. How much was under it you did know? A. I dont know. Q. Now in reference to the flues, the question was put to you again and again after you had distinctly stated the first time ago that you were first there, and then some thing like a year interviewed? A. Year and a half, yes, sir. Q. When did you leave there? A. Five years ago the 2d. of last Oct. Q. Now, where you were it work there, and these things occurred, when the temperature was so low that one man almost froze and died soon afterwards, was there to your knowledge those coils or flues there then? A. I think the flues were there but no coils. Q. I meant the warm passages underneath, whatever it was? A. That was in the middle lodge; there would be no warmth underneath to amount to anything in the middle lodge. Q. Do you know whether there have been