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Show 342 with profiles." Q Yes, and it was made for the very purpose of showing these elevations and this declevity, was it not? A So that we would have a map to show the river and profile in one place, yes. Q You could have made it half as big, could you not? A yes, sir. Q Or you could have made it larger, could you not? A Yes, sir Q So that you took this point on the Columbia River three hundred and some odd feet above sea level, and figured the decline per mile from there to sea level, and compared it with the fall of the Green River, by taking it up here ( indicating) in the Uintah Mountains, and taking its fall from that point down; that is correct, is it not? Mr. Blackmar: That is objected to as being a repetition. Mr. Farnsworth: Well, he has not squarely answered that. The Special Master: I think that is pretty well answered, Mr. Farnsworth. I think that is answered. He says he did. Mr. Farnsworth: Well, if it is understood he says he did, that is all right. The Special Master: The purpose for which he did it is another matter; but that is what he did. The purpose for which he did it is a matter for argument. Mr. Farnsworth: Now, you took the Colorado River from Grand Junction, did you not? 2307 |