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Show 763 object. " In view of your experience, was there any unusual difficulty in taking these boats down in any portion except Cataract canyon? " THE SPECIAL MASTER: Do you object to that question? " MR. FARNSWORTH: No objection, at all. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. In view of your previous experience. " A. Well, there was much less water in the Green and in Stillwater canyon than there is on the upper stretches of the Missouri; much more difficult to navigate. " Q. The question was whether there were any unusual difficulties other than in Cataract canyon. " A. Not except these bad swirls in narrow parts of the canyon. " THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is all. " MR. FARNSWORTH: That statement about the Missouri may go out? " THE SPECIAL MASTER: Yes, the portion about his comparison with he Missouri may go out." R. 1830. Redirect Examination: ( R. Vol. 10, pp. 1831- 1832.) He was able to accurately view the river, but not to locate the deep water. In many places there was apparently no deep water, as it spread out. His experiences told him that generally on a river he would be able to locate the deep water by the riffles and by where a sand bar drops off. He has learned that from experience, but in coming down the Green River to the Colorado River, he |