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Show 3417 Nims- C 1440 Q And in your opinion it was a statement of the facts? A I think so. Q Now, calling your attention to page 74, that is the typed, printed page 74, which is the second page of the article, you recite down to the beginning of the second paragraph, commencing on the second column of page 74, the fact of your starting out from Greenriver and sailing down to the head of Cataract canyon; then follows, at the beginning of this paragraph that I specifically referred to a moment ago, this language: ( Reads:) " Here ended the ' picnic' part of our trip; then followed in quick succession mishaps, loss of pro-visions, instruments, firearms, clothing, boats, and life." A Yes. Q The " picnic" part of that trip to which you referred was the trip from Greenriver down to the head of the Cataract canyon? A It was a " picnic" compared to the rest of it. Q At that time you hadn't taken the rest of it, had you? A No sir. Q At the time the " picnic" ended you hadn't commenced the perilous journey? MR. BLACKMAR: I think all of us recognize we have some difficulties at picnics. |
