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Show 1000 " Q. Pretty regularly? " A. Yes sir. " Q. Now, then, why is it that a person coming down the river at a stage other than high water would not be warned to look out beyond those curves for that condition you describe? " A. They are warned. " Q. If they know the river, that is? " A. All the years I have spent on the river I never learned where to go over the crossings; that is, there is places there, we will say there is places through that crossing that is two feet deep, but I can't find it until I run on to the bar and get out and wade around. " Q. Your experience would teach you that condition was going to probably occur? " A. Yes, we know on a crossing you are going to encounter those very things. " Q. In other words, you have to hunt for the channel, particularly where the river crosses? " A Yes sir. " Q. When the water is at a lowering stage, or when there are rains in the mountains? " A. Yes sir. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. Does every change in the river, the volume of the river, bring this re- arrangement of the channel bars and the sand bars? " A. Yes sir. " Q. Just explain that in connection with your statement that the channel changes from day to day. " A. You know, no man knows the river; because at every |