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Show Blake- C 937 or were not. MR. FARNSWORTH: Oh, no, I understand that. I think probably going down the Mississippi river a man could locate a great many bars -- could encounter and get stuck on all the bars he wanted to encounter and get stuck on; it wouldn't throw much light on the case of navigability of the stream. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: When you located the bar Mr. Hoyt proceeded to examine it, see what kind of bar it was, where it began, where it ended, how far it extended upward, all those features, didn't he? If it was a typical bar. You didn't pass up any bars that were not typical, did you? We probably would be there yet if we hadn't. You think you would? Yes sir. You think you could have found more than you did find, do you? What I meant by Mr. Hoyt mapping and examining the bars, the typical bars, was that once in a while we would strike sand, we would get out and push some of the sand; we didn't always map that, they were so frequent. The entire bed of most any river is irregular, with varying elevations in the bed; isn't that true? MR. BLACKMAR: I think that is getting a little far afield. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I suppose we all know that, Mr. 2907 |