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Show 110 -- 106-- so that the steering wheel is right close to the side, and be steers with his right hand and takes soundings with his left hand almost continuously." R. 228. Sounding in three or four feet of water is nothing more than putting your car over the side. " As long as the depth is less than three feet, he knows he is approaching a crossing bar, and he starts in looking for deep water if he can find it. " By Mr. Blackmar; " Q All right, Mr. Hoyt; you may go right along. " A We left the oil camp Monday morning, October 22, and stopped at the John L. Schafer [ Sic Shafer] well No. 1- A at about Mile 481 on the right bank. The channel between Mile 47 and Mile 48 1/ 2 was extremely difficult to find, especially in the vicinity of the John L. Schafer [ Sic Shafer] well no. 1- A. leaving the Schafer well, the channel crosses to the left bank at Mile 49,2, where there is an extensive crossing bar. It crosses back again at about Mile 49.7, where there was also an extensive crossing bar. The channel was found to be more or less indefinite between Mile 50 and 51. A very decided crossing bar was found at Mile 50.2, where both boats had lots of trouble, and it was about half an hour before both boats could work their way a cross. I have a notation that the big boat was stuck at that point." R. 228- 229. From that point [ Mile 50] through to the boat dock, " just above Mile 65, we ran into crossing bars almost continuously. The cutstanding crossbars are shown at Miles 53.9, 54.5, 55.4, 55.9, 56.5, 59.2, and shoals and |