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Show 5759 206 3761 the channel. And when the current was over next to the bank, a great deal of the bank was washed away. We estimated that land 75 feet wide that was washed away next to our camp. Then, when some of theses changes were taking place at Piute Farms, the river did not flow with a steady current; there were what I would call " pulsations". We could look upstream and see a splashing wave coming down the river. This splash-ing wave was at the front of fairly deep water. When this deep water would come, the river would be about a foot higher than it would a few hours later. In other words, the river flowed in surges; on the crest of one of those surges logs would be transported downstream, and all the islands in the channel would be concealed; in the troughs between the surges, the island would appear and the logs would mire in the sand. By The Special Master: Q What do you mean by the channel being 3000 feet wide? Do you mean that the bed of the river from bank to bank is 3000 feet? What is your meaning of the word " channel" there? A The channel, as I understand it, of a river -- Q No; what do you use the word " channel" in that place |