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Show 4742 2756 mean high water mark by vegetation all the way along. A Approximately, yes. Q Even through the canyon? A You can tell by the slops of the rocks; it seems like the water leaves a line along the edge. Q That is so all the way down through these canyons that you have been speaking of? A Yes sir, that is my experience. THE SPECIAL MASTER: I didn't want to interrupt, but I wanted to get that cleared up. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You answered one question stating that you were never in the river when it was waist deep. You mean by that, didn't you, that you had never attempted to ford the river when it was at such a depth? A Yes sir. Q Now, can you tell us the time of year it was when you recollection it was from six to eighteen inches deep? A I can't give you the exact date, no sir; it was in the spring of the year before the flood waters. Q It was before the high water had commenced? A Yes sir. Q And in going into it at that place you found that the |