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Show 6801 Wimmer- D 4790 A You can't always tell, not on the first trip down; we usually consider the long way around is the proper channel; we try that first. Sometimes you are fooled on it then. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Would that be true in a straight stretch of river? A Just where the river crosses over. Q That would be true in a curve? A Yes. Q When you have got a straight stretch, and there are a number or braided conditions, as some witnesses call it,-- how can you tell then which is the channel to take? A I never had any trouble in that; always able to discover it. There is one place down below, I don't know what they call it, pretty well down before you get to Cataract canyon, there is a number of sandbars; it is still water what causes that, it is the wide spread of still water, but by taking sufficient caution and not running down there full head of steam, you can get through there all right; I never was stuck there. The first time you go down, if you haven't been down for a year, you have to look around a little. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Now, when you picked the wrong channel, say you are |
