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Show Blake- C 936 Comparatively low, anyway. Now, when you took this trip with Mr. Hoyt that you have described, during the year 1928, what was your purpose? The purpose of the expedition was never made known to me, definitely, except what I could guess, and my judgment would tell me. Didn't you know, Mr. Blake, that the purpose of it was to -- MR. FARNSWORTH: Withdraw that. Didn't you know that one of the purposes of that trip was to discover and locate as many bars as there were in the river? I soon learned it. You know that you spent most of your time looking to locate bars? To locate the character of the river, whether it be bars or otherwise. MR. BLACKMAR: There is not any controversy about that, Mr. Farnsworth; I would rather have the witness tell us about that time he made a survey on the river, and find out what was there. MR. FARNSWORTH: You are saying you continually encountered bars. Of course you did, if you went looking for them. THE SPECIAL MASTER: He couldn't fim them unless they were there, Mr. Farnsworth. MR. FARNSWORTH: Oh, no; that is very true. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I am not saying whether they were 2906 |