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Show 1038 not seen anything of it since. The boat was called the Navajo, although the name was not painted on it. Complainant's Exhibit No. 409 was identified by him as being a picture of the boat taken after the paddle wheel was put on it, and the Exhibit was received in evidence. R. 2467. Cross Examination. ( R. Vol. 13, pp. 2468- 2483. " Q You spoke of making marks on the rocks at bad places, that is, where there were bars or obstructions. That is correct, is it? " A Yes sir, not necessarily a mark on the rocks, but a mark by the rocks, piling up two or three stones." R. 2468. He did not stop to get out to do this marking, but if " we had to get out there to pull over the bar, we would sometimes leave a marker, not always. " Q Was that a general practice when there was any place in the river at which you had any particular trouble and which you thought you might forget in the future, you make a practice of marking such places? " A I would make a practice of marking - if there wasn't some crevice in the wall, or crack, or something to designate that place, I would mark the place, so I would remember it next time. " Q Why would you do that? " A If I knew when I was approaching a bad place, it enabled me to steer by it with greater ease than if I didn't know it was there." R. 2468- 2469. It was not necessary to do this throughout the entire period of his work there; the upper river - " We only made the one trip" - it was not necessary to mark the channel for the |