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Show 5226 F. Bennett- C 3238 some places. Q Those cracks, when you say you could step over them, would they be four or five feet wide? A No, two or three feet. Q Aside from those cracks, it is your judgment at that time when your raft was hung up on Shock rapids, there wasn't any channel more than two feet deep? THE SPECIAL MASTER: Two feet wide, didn't he say? A The entire river spreads out; as far I am concerned, I couldn't find any regular channel through there. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You testified in connection with that that the maximum depth there was two feet. A Outside of this little narrow. Q How wide would the two foot depth extend, according to your best recollection? A How wide did it extend to a depth of two feet, according to your best recollection, on that occasion? A It seems to me the river possibly might be there five hundred feet wide. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q How far was it two feet deep in width? A It was nearly uniform. After you got out forty or fifty feet from either shore I didn't find much difference in the water in wading across there, showing the boat, trying to |