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Show 5751 Miser- D 201 3756 you were on the San Juan with floods? A Yes, sir. Q Just tell me about that. Please. A They were only small floods. The gravest of them did not exceed a stage of six or seven feet, we did not row any boats on the river; we stayed off the river until the flood would descend. There was one place above, some-where between Slick Horn Gulch and the Goodridge Bridge that a flood came up one morning, about breakfast time, and several of the members of the party had to move their bads, to keep them from being washed away into the river. Of course, we were fortunately not in the river at the time with the boats Q Do you remember what month that was it? A That was in August, if in remember correctly. Q How long did it take the crest of that flood to pass? A It usually did not take but a few hours Q What is that? A it usually did not take but a few hours for the floods to pass. Q Well, I do not know that I understand you. You |