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Show 984 seventeen miles. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q The question is, did you find enough water so you could row? " A No sir. " Q What did you do? " A We pulled that boat a good part of the way, got out; went down the same as we went up; although there was places we could ride, and lots of places we couldn't. That place I told you there was a bar across there, that wasn't over four inches deep; we just ended the boat around; we could pick this end up and pack it around until we got it across that reef or sandbar." R. 2333- 2334. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q Mr. Loper, in spots, or at various places along the river on this trip was there no deep water from one side of the river to the other? " A There was places that there was water that we could ride over, but the shorter the bend is, you will find - you are more liable to find a channel for a short distance until the river straightens, or commences to make the reverse curve, then you have a crossing - many times you have a crossing from one bend to the other, you have no channel, your channel spreads out the same as the sand does. " Q Could we sum it up this way, generally, throughout this trip, you had trouble with sandbars? " A Sure: yes sir. " Q Are you familiar with this term, crossing bar? " A Crossing bar, or crossing channel. Any time you have a crossing bar, when your bar crosses from one side to |