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Show 7381 Wolverton- D 5361 enough, you are bound to have that cut a channel in there, aren't you? What I mean is, you couldn't have the swiftest moving portion of the river for any length of the outside of the channel, could you? A Well, I am not supposing that the swifter portion of the current would get out of the channel. Q That is just the point I am making. Mr. Farnsworth puts that condition, where the swifter portion of the current is running on one side of the river and the former channel is on the other side of the river. He asked you what would cause that condition. You said an obstruction might cause it. My question is, if that swiftest portion of the current continued to run over on the right side of the river, wouldn't the channel shift over there? A It is possible such a thing would happen, but I am not supposing such a condition could exist. The swiftest part of the river always is the channel. Q That is what I should suppose; but I want to get it clear in my mind whether the other condition does exits? A Perhaps I didn't understand Mr. Farnsworth's question. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I understand it is very difficult for a practical river man to explain in a law suit river conditions, that it is not at all to be wondered at if sometimes you don't understand -- a witness wouldn't understand my |
