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Show 792 The up- right post that appears in the picture of the boat, with a line attached to it, is a standard to which the line was attached for towing the boat. Attention called to Exhibit No. 90; stream flow record at Lees Ferry, August 9, 1921, seventeen thousand five hundred [ second feet]. R. 1888- 1889. Further Examination: ( R. vol. 10, pp. 1889- 1892.) " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. I may be a little stupid, but I still can not see why these maps wouldn't be of some assistance to a person coming down the river. These topographic maps, sheets A and B, which represent the Colorado River from Lees Ferry to the junction, the Green, and Grand, and the San Juan River, were made in the summer months, I understand? " A. Yes, sir. " Q. Now, if a person having thee maps in his possession knew they were made in the summer moths, and saw sandbars designated, and knew those were exposed sandbars, if he was coming down the river when these was higher water, wouldn't the designation of these bars gives him warning that there was shallow water ahead of him, if the bars were exposed in the low waters there would be shallow water over the bars when the river was higher, wouldn't the fact that he saw these on this map give him warning as he came along that there was going to be shallow water or the likelihood of it? " I understand the bars shifted and changed, but at least he would be warned that there was the liklihood of shallow water, wouldn't he? |