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Show 320 Q Who was the other man that took soundings? A Well, after I got down below the mouth of the San Rafael, I had to handle the canoe, and Mr. Blake handled the other boat, and Mr. Moyer took soundings and notes below there. Q Mr. Moyer? A Yes, sir. Q Mr. Moyer was not an expert river man either, that is, a navigation, I mean? A He is not an expert river man, I do not suppose; no, sir. Q When you got some very shallow soundings, you would not wish to testify that, at a point even a short distance removed to the right or the left of you, you would not get a very much greater depth than that? A I would be willing to testify that we probably would not. Q Yes; but I am asking you about -- I do not ask you to testify what you probably would or would not do. A You see, I can only testify as to the depths that either I observed, or Mr. Moyer observed, or I observed with the bars. You see, I was rowing from the mouth of the San Rafael; and you get an awfully good idea of the depth of the river, the man that is rowing the boat. Q The man that is rowing the boat does what? A When you are on the water rowing, you often know 2283 |