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Show 50 -- 47-- there that could be cultivated. This gravel soil I do not think would hold the water to support the crops. " Q You did not make any examinations to determine anything of that kind? " A Not examinations of the soil. " Q No, and you would have to examine the soil before you could know anything about it, would you not? " A No; I do not figure that that is true, because I have been down that valley and studied the valley and these adjacent rocks, and have had opportunity to observe what soil there is up there." R. 119a- 120. He has not been down the Green River from Greenriver to its confluence with the Colorado. He has been down road west of the river to a point about opposite the junction, but never down the river by boat. " By the Special Master: " Q Is there a road down the river? " A There is a road about ten or fifteen miles to the west of the river; west the river, that would take you down to the Literite Basin, a point about here ( indicating on map) to the rim of Literite Basin." R. 120. He made no study, analysis or examination of soil, so as to enable him directly to pass the lands subject to irrigation in that region, because that was outside of his province. His examination was confined strictly to studying geology of the area, and structural geology of the region. R. 121. |