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Show Jones- C 392 A No, very dry. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What did you say, Mr. Jones? A They were very dry seasons. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Very dry seasons. So that aside from the two occasions when you say the river was dry at Bluff, you would say that during the other forty- eight years of your residence in that section the river was as susceptible of navigation even at low water as it during those years when these two trips of men went down the river from Colorado? MR. BLACKMAR: Iobject; that is calling for a conclusion of the witness, speculation, argumentative. SPECIAL MASTER: I think that is the question I have got to decide, whether it is susceptible. I think he may state all the facts as to its navigability. I think the question is one I have got to decide, as to whether it is susceptible. MR. FARNSWORTH: Of course I didn't mean to ask a question as to whether it was navigable or not; I didn't mean my question to call for an answer as to the very matter that Honor is called upon to decide. That would be improper. I think my question as put does not come within such an objection. ( Question read.) SPECIAL MASTER: I think he has already answered that 2359 |