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Show 457 " Q. Right at Mile 63? " A. Yes. " Q. Now, at Mile 04 - I am using sheet 19 of Exhibit 10, there seems to be an island there. Did you have any difficulty with the operation of the boat through there? " A. Not at that particular point. Between there and the cook generally very bad. " Q. That is between Mile 64 and Mile 65? " A. He always had a little trouble through there. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Why didn't they take the cook further down the river, then? " A. Well, because the country is all sandy on each side there, no road. " Q. Couldn't your build a road? " A. No road for hauling heavy material, so had it close to the public road. " BY MR. FARNSWORTH: The master asked your if you couldn't build a road. " A. It would be too expensive. R. 1171- 1172 Between Mile 63 and 64, exhibit 10, from the head to Hill Creek, the river is very wide and usually divided by visible bars between the two banks and it is difficult to tell which side to take to get through, the cater being shallow all the way across sometimes the deepest water being on one side and sometimes on the other. At one time a flood on Hill Creek washed mud, |