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Show 7343 Chaffin- D 5323 specifies the kind of boat. MR. FARNSWORTH: Do you want me to say how long it is? THE SPECIAL MASTER: The type of boat that you have been accustomed to navigating,-- including the type of boat you have been accustomed to navigate. You don't know anything about other kinds of boats on that stretch, do you? A No, I don't; any that would draw two foot of water, the boats we have had there would. MR. BLACKMAR: Do I understand he is limiting his answer to the kind of boats he operated? BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q You are limiting your answer to the kind of boats you have operated, are you? When you say that you know of no difficulty that would obstruct navigation on the river that you have been on, by boats drawing two feet, you mean the type of boat you have been accustomed to navigating, do you, or do you not? A I mean the type I have been accustomed to navigating. Q That is what your answer means? A Yes sir. MR. FARNSWORTH: Cross examine. |