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Show 999 side." R. 2365- 2366. At those places where the river crosses, invariably " we will go out and try to find that deeper place, but we can't follow it." " Q Is that deeper place the channel, or is it not, as a rule? " A I suppose you would call that the channel. " Q What you are testifying to is that from year to year you can not tell in advance where that deeper place is? " A No sir. " Q Is that it? " A Yes sir. " Q That is what you mean? " A Yes sir, that is it. Of course, I am probably wrong in saying there is no channel there. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q Can you tell from week to week? " A No sir, nor from day to day. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q I suppose this can be assumed, that each year the conditions that you describe will prevail, each year the high water will deposit sand on the inside of the curve, then as the water falls or as the rains come, that bank will be washed away, or undermined, to a certain extent, and the sand taken and distributed somewhere further down the river? " A Yes sir." R. 2366- 2367. " Q And that condition can be relied upon - I am now asking you - I am not stating it - that condition can be relied upon to occur each year? " A Yes sir. |