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Show ( wb'iildgo wbiildgo ) down and ( couldn't couldnt ) 852 get through and ( maybe- maybe maybe' maybe ) would have to come back ( and aud ) go down on the ( other other- other ) side . You ( would Avotild ) have to feel you way ( through Virough ) - The running ( mush inush ) ( ice lee ) in the river would be ( along along- along ) the latter part of February as a rule . ( R . 3304 . ) The ice condition would begin to ( end c1A ) during the . latter part of February ( and aud ) when the thaw ( came caiiie ) ( it- it ) made the ( changing chaiiging ) conditions and the water ( would -would would ) commence to rise along the first of ( March Maredi ) and would be an alternate rising and falling . After you got ( enough enougli ) water or after the river raised a foot or so , the effect ( on oil ) the bar ( didn't didnt ) bother you any , only to know where to go ; after the river raised ( there fliere ) was always ( room rooln ) to get through if you ( knew kiiew ) ( where 'wheve wheve ) to find them . ( R . 3305 . ) ( From Froin ) his experience , he believes , that after the river ( rises Tises ) in the ( spring spTing ) , you could ( figure figitTe ) on ( going- going going ) down the river if you found the right place , as there ( "would would vould ) be no place , as far as ( the'water thewater ) was ( con- con ) cerned , that you ( couldn't couldnt ) find a channel ( through throiigh ) somewhere . ( During Duriug ) the ( months inonths ) of March and April he would always find changes in the channel every time the water raised or dropped a little , even a few ( inches inelles ) , and that every rise or fall ( of oT ) water made a ( re- re ) ( arrangement arraiigement ) ( of ot ) the sand bar . The ( change cliaiige ) would not be in the ( main inain ) ( channel channeJ ) or in the gravel bars , but in the sand bars in the still water . ( R . 3306 . ) . ( "When When NATIlen ) the river raised , it ( made inade ) ( a -a a ) ( channel elialmel ) . Where the drcdiro was built there was still water . |