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Show where to find it . The length 1382 of time the condition caused by the floods down side washes lasts depends a good deal on the situation ; for instance , between his ranch , the Wimmer ranch , and Greenriver , the fall of the river is 2.8 feet to the mile ; the current , of course , is swift ; a flood ( coining coming ) is soon dislodged , just a few hours . ( R . 5357 . ) At other points on the river sometimes it ( takes take's takes ) a day or two for the channel to get back into its old bed , the river doing its own housecleaning . ( R . 5357 . ) Stillwater canyon is no different from the upper canyon , Labyrinth canyon ; the water is not as quiet in Stillwater canyon as it is farther up . It takes a little longer for the channel in those canyons to cut itself out than it does up in the swift water , that is all . ( R . 5357-5358 . ) After the first trip through such a place , in ( Still- Still ) water Canyon , where sand and other material has been washed in from the side canyons , there is no . difficulty if a sharp lookout is kept . ( R . 5358 . ) He means by keeping a sharp lookout that the surface of the channel is always covered ( with-the withthe ) current is greater , or course , in the channel , and it is always covered with a light agitation , that is , when the wind is not blowing . Another thing , the drift usually follows the main channel ; when the wind is blowing , the high waves is only in the deep water ; you simply follow the high waves . He makes a ( dis- dis ) tinction between current and channel where the river is wide ; very frequently there is a lighter current , that |