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Show 125 A Well, it would have been a very arduous task to get to the various points that we wanted to go. Q Yes; it was much easier and simpler to go by water, was it not? A It depends on where you are going. Q Where you want on the water it was much easier and much simpler and more practicable to go by the water route, was it not, and that is why you took it. That is true, is it not? The Special Master: You have got two or three questions there. Mr. Farnsworth: Yes, I know, but the witness paused and would not answer it. I will withdraw those questions and put another one. By Mr. Farnsowrth: Q The reason you went by boat on those two trips which you have spoken of to the oil wells was because that was the easiest, the simplest and most practicable route; is that not true? A We went that way because we could then see the things along the river; you could get to various points on horseback, but to follow things successively right on down the river, you can not do by traveling by horseback. Q And you think that that was the only reason that you went by boat rather than by horseback? 2086 |