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Show 941 Further Examination. ( R. Vol. 12, pp. 2227- 2229) " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q Mr. McDonald, in answer to Mr. Blackmar and to Mr. Farnsworth as to the difficulties that you encountered on the Colorado river, have you named all the kinds of difficulties that you encountered? " I don't mean have you named each special bar and each special rock, but were there any other kind of difficulties that you encountered in going down the river? " A Just the rocks and the bars and the low water. The trouble of it is, the lowness of the water and the shifting of the sand." R. 2227. He did not have any memory of difficulty with sand waves except on the Green River, he thinks somewhere near the mouth of the San Rafael but does not remember whether it was above or below. " Q Do you know what a sand wave is? " A Yes, I think that is them waves in the bar, sand moving." R. 2228. He did not use maps on either of the Stanton expeditions or the Best expedition. Mr. Stanton had government maps with him in the boat but he did not know what maps they were. He never kept any notes of any kind for himself on any of these expeditions. Mr. Stanton and the engineers did, " and Mr. Brown, when he was living, on the first trip, did; and Hislop and I guess some of the other men." R. 2229. |