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Show 230 4408 6417 Woods- D A no, they are not. Q Have you ever known of more than one such flood in a year or two? If you will tell us the maximum number of floods you have ever known in a single year. A In a single year? Q Yes. A Well, I recall only two floods, what we term floods in that country, but it didn't occur in the same year. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Perhaps you better state just what you consider a flood. You said what you term floods. Just state what you term a flood. A I consider a flood where the river overflows its banks and comes up on the benches of ground, higher ground, where people were farming, above its channel. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q You have only known of two occasions where that has happened? A Yes sir. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What is the ordinary form of rain there in the summer, |