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Show Raplee- D 467 A Unless it was the high stage of the water. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Did you have to get off the sand bars quite frequently? A Well, no, not so very often. Q Well, about how many times in the month of June in that twenty- five miles that you hit a sand bar? A I suppose fifteen or twenty. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: In the month of June? MR. BLACKMARK: Yes. Q Did you have any trouble with the rocks? A Yes. Q What difficulty did you run into with the rocks? A The boat would drift in on the rocks, and you couldn't held yourself sometimes, and generally have a smash- up then. Q Did you ever cave in the boat? A Yes. Q Ever been thrown out in the water? A No, I don't think I ever was. Q Take, for instance, the month of September, which is one of the low water months, just tell me what difficulty you would have getting down that river in the month of September. SPECIAL MASTER: He didn't say September. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Is September one of the low water months? A No, September is one of the high water months; it commences running along about the 1st of September, and keeps it up until October. Q Is August a low water month? 2433 |