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Show 5028 Johnson- C 3041 MR. BLACKMAR: I object to the question. ( Thereupon the reporter read the preceding ques-tion as follows:) " Q. Now, returning to the question I put to you, I wish you would answer that, Mr. Johnson, whe-ther it is not a fact that with an ordinary row boat and a load of, say, a thousand pounds, the boat being equipped with one of these stock Johnson out- board motors, there would be any diffi-culty in navigating the Colorado river up and down from Lees Ferry" - " Up from Lees Ferry up to Bull Frog, as far up as you have been, and back down to Lees Ferry." MR. BLACKMAR: Unless the question specifies the size of the boat and the draft. THE SPECIAL MASTER: He said an ordinary row boat. I see no objection to the question. I think the witness is qualified to testify on the subject. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Just give your best opinion. A I'll tell you just what the boat would do. Run fine between rapids. When you get to a rapid -- THE SPECIAL MASTER: I can't hear you when you lean forward. A Run fine until they come to a rapid. Then you got to get out and tie the boat around the rapids, put your motor in |
