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Show 4313 Loper- D 2334 could ride, and lots of places we couldn't. That place I told you there was a bar across there, that wasn't over four inches deep; we just ended the boat around; we would pick this end up and pack it around until we got it across that reef or sandbar. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Mr. Loper, in spots, or at various places along the river on this trip was there no deep water from one side of the river to the other? A There was places that there was water that we could ride over, but the shorter the bend is, you will find -- you are more liable to find a channel for a short distance until the river straightens, or commences to make the reverse curve, then you have a crossing -- many times you have a crossing from one bend to the other, you have no channel, your channel spreads out the same as the sand does. Q Could we sum it up this way, generally, throughout this trip, you had trouble with sandbars? A Sure; yes sir. Q Are you familiar with this term, crossing bar? A Crossing bar, or crossing channel. Any time you have a crossing bar, when your bar crosses from one side to the other, your channel crosses from the opposite side. Q Some of the witnesses refer to it as crossing bars, |
