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Show 4056 H. Zahn- D 2077 Q Was it necessary to bring in any lumber? A Yes. Q How did you get that in? A That was freighted in on wagons. Q How long did you continue to stay in that country after you went in there in 1902? A About three months. Q And those three months were what months of the year? A June, July and August. Q What was the condition of the river during the three months that you were there, as you saw it? A When I arrived there, about the first of June; it was pretty high; it gradually went down, and along about in the latter part of July it dried up completely. Q How long did that dry condition continue? A Over a month, I am sure of that; I think about five weeks. Q Did you have any other low water that season? A Yes, kept getting lower all the time, just before it dried up completely. Q Then after it started to run again was it high or low water or how was it? A I didn't see it at that point when it started; we left the day it started to rain; that was along about the first of September; but I saw it at another point. |
