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Show Hyde- C 644 Q You would never recognize it, you say? A No sir, you couldn't. Q The change that has come about has been substantially this. that when you arrived there there were definite, well- defined, well- marked banks lined with trees and willows, confined channel, whereas now the river has spread cut and the river is not confined at various points? A No, it is not. Q You have spent some work and engaged in some enterprise, as counsel put it is his question, looking towards a restoration of the original condition of the river, that is, to bring about a similar condition of the river? A I never tried to do that. Q You have attempted to control the direction the river, haven't you? A Oh, yes, I have done that lots; tried to protect our bottoms. Q Your purpose was to control the river in a certain channel so your fields would not be injured by the floods; isn't that true? A Yes, that is right. Q And repair the damage that was occasioned by the floods that destroyed the original channel as you found it when you arrived there? A Yes sir, that is right. Q Now, as to when the floods, or a flood, whichever it was, destroyed the channel were near Bluff and caused the river to 2612 |