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Show 4012 Kane- C 2032 MR. FARNSWORTH: I here was in his direct examination no suggestion of having to pull those boats through these channels; he didn't call them channels, through these ten or fifteen foot spaces where the reefs were broken. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I think that is so. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q If you had had occasion to go up and down the river frequently after learning of the existence of these breaks in these reefs, you would have had no trouble marking those places, would you? A Yes sir, we would have trouble. Q You could have kept in your memory the location of the broken spaces, couldn't you? A If I was going back through with those same boats, I would try to get the same spaces I had got through before; the same thing would have to be done, have to push and pull up just the same, and push and pull down; probably a little harder work going up. Q I wasn't asking you anything about what you would have to do. I was asking about your recollection of those places. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Just confine it to what he first said. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q In view of the fact that was rock in place, that that |