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Show 60 -- 57-- I have been on the Ohio. In the northwest, the Snake River of Idaho, the Salmon River of Idaho, and on smaller streams along the northwest coast, the Quybee; and more recently, the Green River, between Greenriver, Utah, and Moab, including a short distance above Greenriver, and up to Castle Creek, on the Colorado, down to the head of the cataracts on the main Colorado River. On the San Juan River, near the state line, between Colorado and Utah." R. 137- 138. In practically all hydraulic problems, and in order to make an intelligent examination of any particular point of a river, it is necessary that the entire basin be considered and studied. R. 138. Stream flow, the amount of silt, sediment, driftwood, and other conditions, are entirely dependent upon tributaries, and in fact, the entire basin. " Now, in all of the Geological Survey work basins as a whole are studied to arrive at answers as to one particular point." R. 138- 139. At the direction of the Secretary of the Interior he made an examination of the Colorado River, from Moab to its junction with the Green River, and on the Green River from Greenriver, Utah, to its junction with the Colorado River. R. 139. " Q And subsequent to that time, did you file with the Department a report - I will offer this report in evidence as exhibit No. 75. " The Special Master: What is it? " Mr. Blackmar: A report entitled, " Report of Special |