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Show 251 right below Bluff. " R. 641. These are the only times he saw the river absolutely dry but he didn't set the times when he saw it dry as he couldn't remember. R. 641- 642. " Q. The change that has come about has been sub-stantially this, that when you arrived there there were definite, well- defined, well- marked banks lined with trees and wollows, confined channel, whereas now the river has spread out 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 in 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 of 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. R. 644. |
