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Show 154 -- 150-- against it [ the current]. He thinks a power boat might go against 1t, but a power boat could not go upstream past the area shown on the map unless it was carried. R. 329. He states that the facts contained in Complainant's Exhibit No. 98, being a report on the San Juan River, are the facts as he observed them: that he arrived at the four corners [ where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and How Mexico join] at 12 o'clock, October 26; that he ran a line and located the four corners, and then ran a line along the State line between Utah and Colorado, north of the rim of the [ San Juan] River, and in the afternoon dropped down and left a bench mark in the canyon. R. 330- 331. He explains that Plate 1 in Complainant's Exhibit No. 87 is a map made by him on that afternoon and the next day. It shows the photograph numbers, the cross sections and the river survey. He spent from 12 o'clock one day until 3: 30 of the next afternoon in making the map, taking photographs and cross sections. R. 331- 332. He recalls making a statement on direct examination that it is necessary to examine personally, or know about the tributaries and the entire basin of a river. He had never been at that particular point, or at any point on the San Juan River, either before or after the time he made his survey. R332- 333. His purpose in preparing Exhibit NO. 84 was to show how much more fall these streams have than the ordinary streams that are used in navigation. R332. He had in mind the question of navigation when he made this |