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Show 89 6275 4267 Ross- RD Q Now, just tell the court, please, what signs you looked for in connection with the deep water. What indicates the deep water? A Well, there is a system of bars always we have to work over; it is pretty hard to explain it; only gain that through practice, like you read the water. Lines of the bars, work-ing around you can form a kind of idea where you might pick-- from these lines, where the deeper water would be over those bars. Comes in from different directions.. You can almost trace the volume of water, where the water would accumulate and become the deepest. It is pretty hard to explain it. You can work it out for your own satisfaction, but hard to give the idea to somebody else. Q Is there anything in connection with waves which indicates deep water? A Where the wind is blowing we can find the deep water very easily by the waves. Q Is it easier to read the water when you are going down stream, or easier to read it when you are coming up stream? A Easier coming up stream. Q Can you explain why that is? A You can get closer to your pilot, your reading-- section of the reading; going down, maybe you commence to grind before you can see the nature of the bar you are grounding on, Coming |