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Show 314 A Vary according to the type of bar, yes, The Special Master: Is that the way you under Mr. Farnsworth: Q The fact that the bar and river are both there in substantially the same place would indicate that the presence of the river has been more or less stable, would it not? Is has not gone off into some other county, or anything of that sort? A No, sir. By the Special Master: Q Stability is a very comparative term. such a condition would be very stable as compared, for instance, with the channel of the Platte River or the Mississippi? A Very permanent; yes, sir The Special Master: It is comparative-- all of it seems to be. Q The Witness: It is a very difficult thing to describe. The bed is certainly not permanent by any means; the banks are not permanent, except where it is against rock walls. By the Special Master: Q But Mr. Farnsworth means in general. A Well, I would not want to say that, in general, the river bed was permanent, no, sir. I could not say that. This type of river, if I were comparing this with the Mississippi 2277 |