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Show failed to note the locations 127 . Hoyt , with about 4,000 second feet , noted 36 places between the mouth of the Green and Moab of less than 2y2feet of water ( ( Compl Coinpl ) . Exh . 75 , pp . 73,74 , Appendix to brief , p . 125 ) . Overa period of years , the months of January , February , March , November , and December will show less ( dis- dis ) charge than Hoyt had , and hence his trip can not be said to have been at low stage of water . ( Exception 41 . ) Colonel Dent , with a flow of 6,000 feet ( per per- per ) second , noted 49 groundings on the same section ( of of' of ) the river . The depths found by Hoyt and Dent from actual measurements made at the time of the trip are ( -as as ) . accurate as those of the Army engineers ( M . R . , p . 103 ) , and this is especially true because it is ( con-- con ) ( firmed armed ) by actual boat trips made by many others . The ( Master's Masters ) observations with reference to depths . at the gaging stations ( M . R . , p . 101 , Exception 40 ) are average depths and , of course , can not govern to the exclusion of the conditions found by witnesses . who were present on the rivers in boats . The Master should also have noted that whatever opinion Leeds expressed with reference to navigation was contingent upon river improvement . ( M . R . , p . . 103 . ) The detailed study of physical characteristics as contained in Compl . Exhibit 75 shows that the most common depths at the bends and between the bars is between 3 and 5 feet , while the depths across ( the tha ) |