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Show 4448 Marrs- C 2468 CROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You spoke of making marks on the rocks at bad places, that is, where there were bars or obstructions. That is correct, is it? A Yes sir, -- not necessarily a mark on the rocks, but a mark by the rocks, piling up two or three stones. Q To mark the places where there were obstructions? A yes. Q You made a practice of doing that, did you? A We didn't stop to get out to do it; if we had to get out there to pull over the bar, we would sometimes leave a marker, not always. Q Was that a general practice when there was any place in the river at which you had any particular trouble an which you thought you night forget in the future, you made a practice of marking such places? A I would make a practice of marking -- if there wasn't some crevice in the wall, or crack, or something to designate that place, I would mark the place, so I would remember it next time. Q Why would you do that? A If I knew when I was approaching a bad place, it enabled me to steer by it with greater ease than if I didn't |