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Show 5193 F. Bennett- D 3205 A Up stream. They generally come with a wind storm. The wind will hold the water back to a certain extent. Q As to height, how high do they get? A I would say seven or eight feet; that is a matter of the man going through them. He thinks maybe they are higher than they are. He would imagine they are higher. I would say seven or eight feet. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What parts of the river have you seen the sand waves? A I have saw them in most any part of the river at certain times. You will see more or less of them between these rapids, wherever this silt is collected. In the rapids they cut out, don't find them on the rapids. But below that somewhere, most any point, they are liable to occur, some places worse than others. They are worse below the mouth of the San Juan than they are above, that is, when we down that one particular time. I don't know whether they are always that way, but they were, because there is more sand there. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Taking the boat up stream did you find the high or the low water to be the more acceptable to you? A Kind of intermediate water was always the more acceptable to me, four or five feet, something of that kind, |