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Show 3777 Stone- C 1798 Q Were any of these other men who accompanied you persons familiar with the river? A No sir. Q Did you have any charts or maps or surveys with you? A I had provided myself with the recognizance survey map of the geological Survey. Q Do you happen to remember what dates those maps were? A No, I do not, sir. Q But they were United States Geological Survey maps published prior to that time? A Yes sir; they were what is called recognizance; they had not been completed. Q Did you make use of those? A Wherever we could, yes sir. Q Did you find then serviceable? A He found them sometimes in error, very much in error. Q Were they of assistance in enabling you to locate sandbars, rapids, anything of that kind? A No, not at all. THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is all. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Just one question. Do you know how long that |
