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Show 135 -- 131-- " Q Now, did you in your report make mention of all the difficulties that you had in navigating these streams? " A I made no mention in my report of navigation, except as it was defining the bed of the river. It was not a navigation report in any sense of the word. " Q You did not in your report, Complainant's Exhibit 75, make any reference to those difficulties that you have described in your testimony, did you? " A Except so far as t show that the crossing bars were there. " Q You do in your report make reference to difficulties of various kinds in navigation, do you not - for instance, finding the channel and rough water, the necessity for a very careful handling of the boat at certain points, and so on? " A Well, as an indication of the description and character of the river. " Q You did not see fit, however, in your report, to make mention of getting stuck on existing sandbars, as bearing on the question of the nature of the bed of the river and - " A I think I have. You mentioned that." R. 295. He stated on page 75 of his report. [ Complainant's Exhibit No. 75] that " submerged rocks were reported to occur in the channel on which several boats had hit." R. 296. That is on the Colorado River below Moab, at Miles 34, 35 and 48.4. " On page 74, I state that, ' without exception, the |