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Show 242 you change the height to which the water will go. Q. With reference to the deposit of silt and the forming of sandbars, or crossing bars, will you explain the conduct of the river in connection with rapids, rapid water, and quite water? Mr. Farnsworth: Which river? Mr. Blackmar: I beg your pardon? Mr. Farnsworth: Is that a general question? Mr. Blackmar: That is a general question. The Witness: I do not believe I got that question. The Special Master: Let the stenographer read the question. ( The Stenographer read the last preceding question, as follows: " Q. With reference to the deposit of silt and the forming of sandbars, or crossing bars, will you explain the conduct of the river in connection with rapids, rapid water, and quiet water?") The Witness: I do not believe I quite get that. By the Special Master: Q. In other words, what is the effect of silt in relations to bars, rapids, and quiet water? A. Oh, I think I see the point. The amount of silt or sediment carried in a river or transported by a river depends largely upon the velocity. Where the velocity increases at the riffles, the velocity is high enough to send forth all of |
