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Show Jones- RD 407 Q And that was your life's work? A Yes sir. MR. BLACKMAR: That is all. RECROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q One further question. Mr. Jones, at these crossings or fords on the San Juan-- MR. FARNSWORTH: Withdraw that. Q In picking out a place to ford a river it is the usual practice, is it not, to pick out a shallow place where you get a good ford? A Yes sir. Q Now, I wish you would tell the Special Master, from your know- ledge of crossing back and forth over the San Juan, what the average depth of the river has been, even at those crossings as you have observed it. MR. BLACKMAR: I object to that, unless the times of year are specified. SPECIAL MASTER: He can state when he went across the crossing what the depth of the water was on an average. MR. FARNSWORTH: I will ask him what times of the year it was. A Well, I haven't crossed the river but a few places; many times I have went down on foot-- BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q When you went down to the river, whether you went down to see it 2373 |