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Show 6863 Wimmer- RD 4852 A Well, I have seen some winters it didn't freezes at all; others froze very little bit; I have crossed the ice in the morning with a horse, and by noon wasn't a bit of ice in the river. Is is so irregular, you can't tell a thing about it. Q Ordinarily what are the months in which it freezes? MR. FARNSWORTH: I don't understand the witness has said does freezes ordinarily. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Does it freeze ordinarily? THE SPECIAL MASTER: He says so there ( indicating). MR. FARNSWORTH: No. I don't think so. He says: " You can not depend upon boating in the winter, because the ice will form." BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Do you mean that winter, or what if you can, say more fully what you mean by that. A I mean you couldn't depend every winter up boating on the river, on account if ice; some years it will form, some years it won't. Q So, generally speaking, if asked about winter naviga-tion, you say you mean you can't depend upon it, become may |