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Show 612 " Then we took the motor off, and put it in the hold of one of the boats." R. 1481. Did not use the motor from there on any more. " Q. That stretch of the river from the commencement of the cataracts in Cataract canyon up to Greenriver, Utah, could you have brought those same boats up the river with the same equipment that you had? " A. I wouldn't have tried it, no. " Q. I am asking you, in your opinion could you have done it?" R. 1481- 1482. He was brought up on the Snake River and operated boats all of his life. " When I said four years experience, I meant with the survey." R. 1483. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. What other experience had you had boating on rivers? " A. On the Snake river where I live, also on the Weiser river, which runs into the Snake river at my home. " Q. How many years? " A. Ever since I was a little kid. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: I think he can answer it for what his opinion is worth." R. 1483. " Q. The question is whether or not in your opinion, with the same equipment, of course assuming the motor was in good condition, could you have brought those boats, under those conditions, as you saw them there, up the rivers?" R. 1484 ( Objection; overrated - R. Vol. 8- p. 1484) " A. You mean with the same load? |