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Show 3669 Hyde- D 1691 water recedes during the month of August; then in September they get heavy showers again, and swells the river, and in the spring of the year when the snows are melting out of the high mountains, the river is high. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Don't they need a ferry then? A Yes, they need a ferry, as a rule, from the latter part of My until some time in July, sometime until the 1st of August. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q What about this ferry when the rain starts, do they use it then? A Yes. Q How long does it generally continue, in days? A Sometimes it is just a quick electric storm that piles water in the river in great torrents and swells the river for two or three days; then it goes down again. Q What is the character of this ferry boat? What kind, how big a boat was it? A Most of the boats you used on the San Juan -- Q I am talking about the one you had at your store. A At the mouth of Comb wash, we had a boat there about thirty feet long, one boat, ran it on the cable, I don't know, possibly twelve feet wide, flat bottom ferry boat. Q What about the other boats that were used as ferry |