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Show 1041 There was no point in marking a bar or the location of his boat channel unless at that time he expected that that condition would be present when he came through there again. " Q And regardless of what may now be your view with reference to constant shifting of channels and having no guide as to where the channel might be, the time you made those markings you expected they would be of value to you, didn't you? " A Yes sir. " Q And they were of value to you, weren't they? " A Very few of them, because the channel changed before I got back. " Q You were constantly disappointed in your expectations, were you? " A I was fooled every day, and stuck about twice a day. " Q Stuck about twice a day? Only twice a day? " A From that up to one hundred, depending on how far we went. " Q Probably as high as two hundred, would you say? " A If we had gone far enough, yes. " Q You have done more talking about sandbars and getting stuck in the last day or two, haven't you, than you ever did in all the rest of your life put together? " A No sir, I have not. I didn't use the same language I used at that time, either." R. 2472- 2473. In using the word' channel' he means the use of two different boat channels, one channel going up, and the other channel going down, " although they might be in the same place part of the way." R. 2473. " Q Or might not be? " A More apt not to be." R. 2474. |