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Show 5274 Chaffin- D 3286 what you were doing, one that didn't draw too much water. If it didn't draw over six or eight inches or a foot of water, you could get her over, -- and wasn't too long. Q Leaving out for the minute these cracks or breaks in the ledge, just take the surface of the ledge, what depth of water did you find on the surface of the ledge? Do you understand what I mean? THE SPECIAL MASTER: I don't understand that. THE WITNESS: I don't no. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q As I understand it, you have a ledge of rock there, and then in that ledge of rock do you have some breaks or channels or figures or something of that kind? A Maybe I have misled you about this ledge. This ledge, this Lake canyon rapid, as I remember it, instead of being gravel bottom it was more of a rock. Q Solid rock bottom? A Some of these rocks were solid, some wasn't. But there was a flat, hard kind of rock. Q The water on top of the flat, hard surface, how deep did you find the water there? A I don't just exactly get what you mean. Some places on that rock where it was hard rock maybe four of five or six inches, your water would be running over smooth like the rock; then find places where she was rugged, and find there was more |
