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Show 238 Now, I understood him to testify that there are government plans and maps showing the number of rapids, each rapid being numbered. Did he not? The Witness: And showing the location of the rapids. The Special Master: Yes. The Witness: The numbers that have been given them in the catalogue were given them by the party who made the survey. The Special Master: That is what I mean. The number of the rapids means the number affixed to them on some government map, does it not? The Witness: The original topographic field sheets show a number in pencil, a number given by the topographer. Now, that number has been carried through by various writers. For instance, Freeman in his book uses those same numbers and calls them official numbers. Now, they are official to the extent that the topographer when he was making his map gave them that number. The number is not show on the printed report of the Survey, because they showing nothing but the plan, profile and contours. The location is shown on those maps by the blue symbol for the rapids. The Special Master: What I mean is that that column ( indicating) does not come within your objection, does it, Mr. Farnsworth? That is simply an identification column, for instance, showing that at 34.19 miles above Lees Ferry, on the government map there is shown a rapids which is given 2201 |
