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Show 983 " A It was seventeen, and it took us two days of the hardest work I ever done, to get that boat up there. " Q Through that seventeen miles were there any rapids? " A No sir." R. 2331- 2332. This occurred in the month of September. Complainant's Exhibit No. 373 shows " us going up the river." [ BY THE SPECIAL MASTER:] " Q What stage was the water? " A It was very low, there was reefs across there that wasn't four inches deep, because Mr. Miser was a big man, and I wasn't so little, it took about all we had to go up there in two days, seventeen miles. " Q Is that the picture ( indicating)? " A Yes, that is it." R. 2332. He cannot tell what the dark sort of ridge is right behind the rock, as shown on the photograph, but between the edge of the picture and the rock sand is shown. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is the picture I was asking about; that is the one I asked Mr. Allen about; he says that is a lagoon of water; left the reflection of the canyon walls in the water. Looks like a wall of sand, or bank. " I asked that question of Mr. Allen, just off the record." R. 2333. The supply train arrived about an hour after they had gotten the boat up the river. " Q And then did you and Mr. Miser start down stream? " A Not until the next morning; it was late then, and we had had two very strenuous days. " Q In going down stream did you find enough water so you could row? " A It took the two of us a whole day to make |
