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Show 5324 Chaffin- C 3335 or less. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q How many different boats did you operate on the river, would you say, of your own? A I would say I made, used and operated maybe fifty boats, altogether. Q As I understood you on direct examination, any changes that occur in the channel of the river generally occur while the river is rising and settling, during the high water season? A You mean in the main channels? I don't just get your question, what you mean. You mean -- Read me that again, let me get the idea. ( Thereupon the reporter read the last preceding question as follows:) " Q. As I understood you on direct examination, any changes that occur in the channel of the river generally occur while the river is rising and settling, during the high water season?" BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q That is a general statement. Is that generally true? A That is generally true, that is the big changes, yes. MR. BLACKMAR: Do you intend to limit that to flood times? MR. FARNSWORTH: I am going to ask him about that. A I mean that for the change of the main river bed, not |