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Show MOM , . * . " " TM . ( M'scr'tr Mscrtr ) * * '' * * * ' -824 : Zo ( 'has has ) iio recollection Of going Over these 3nifj _ ters with AIr . Collins . . ( R . . 3160 . . ) He did , however2 talk with AIr . Ryan concerning the ledge but did 110 t discussioii it was ( mentioiied" mentioiied ) ' * t , bave much of a ; . Q Well anyway regardless of what iuay IVIV61 . , , , , beeli the ( subject-matter subjectmatter subject-niatter subjectniatter ) of your conversation with Xr . . ( Ryan Ryau ) , , you desire to state on the occasion ( re- re ) ferred to by you on your direct examination tliat you walked clear across the river , one side ( 'to to ) Uid other ? A . . ( Where AVhere ) there was water , yes . Q . . You ( don't dont ) call ( anything anyt1iing ) a river ( 'that that ) basuo ( water -water water ) , , do you ? A . . I have seen those things called rivers I dicInq zee no ( water -water water ) in . Q . Pay attention to 1117 question , Mr . Bennatt You ( wish mish ) ( -to to ) be understood as saying , , do you , ( Jlu-tt Jlutt ) you got out , got in the river , walked clear from one side of the river to the other for the purpose of finding out just what ( tlie the ) depth was froni one side to the other ? I A . . Yes ; and on ( account accouut ) of my own curiosity as to tlie ( depth deptli ) of it . ( R . 3163-3164 . ) The river at that point was about three hundred and fifty OT four hundred feet wide during the low water and this trip was in November of 1920 . Ile took no notice as to the location of that portion of the river where the river \ \ , two feet deep . ( ( R . 3164 . ) The two feet of water - Nas on the ( right-hand righthand ) side croing dowli . There were several channels at that |
