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Show 5225 F. Bennett- C 3237 of your direct testimony, I believe, to that same ledge, did you not? A Yes sir. Q And that is the same ledge that you say the life-boat or Major Stanton had trouble on? A Yes sir. Q Now, did you testify, and is it a fact, that at places in that ledge there are breaks? A Merely narrow break; I don't know how far they go. They are cracks. I don't know how long they extend up and down the river. I went across and took an car and follow them long. You would find an open place and step across them. I don't know whether they continued up or down the river or not. I couldn't say. Q As I recall your testimony when you were first speaking about the Stanton life boat, it was that in these cracks there would be deep water, but that they would be narrow? A Narrow. Q What do you mean when you say they are narrow, about how wide? A I could step across them as if they were little cracks in there that opened up. Some of them would be full of gravel, others washed out. You would step in there, and if you didn't have something to know where you were stepping, you might step in. an car would go down four or five feet |