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Show 522 " A. Oh, in varying quantities, yes. " Q. And it is also true, isn't it, that the western rivers are all generally subject to precipitation from melting snow and to heavy rains in the late summer? [ R. 1296] " A. Yes. " Q. So, so far as those two elements are concerned, there is not anything that differentiates this river, leaving out the question of degree, -- there is not anything that differentiates this river from other rivers in the west, is there? " A. If you leave out the degree, no. " Q. I am leaving out the degree. " What is the general tendency of a river carrying large amounts of sand over long periods of time, for a period of, say, thirty to fifty years, what is the tendency of that river -- of a river carrying large quantities of sand? " A. I do not believe I understand. " Q. Would it tend to fill up, or otherwise? " A. It should-- speaking in human periods of time-- should equalize, fill up and [ sic at] times and scour out at times, and should in human measurements of time be about the same. " Q. Take a river like the Missouri below Kansas City, or the Mississippi -- well- know navigable rivers both in fact and law, supposing they were never dredged, what would happen to them, so far as running |