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Show Jones- C 403 A Yes sir. Q While the flood was on? A Yes sir. Q After the flood was over it came back to tis original position? A No sir. Q It did not? A Most places it did not. Q Then the place where the channel changed was I mean, the time when the channel changed in any substantial degree at all was during a flood that occurred somewhere in 1895 or 1898? A Yes sir, that is about what I would judge it. Q It might have been 1899? A Yes, I wouldn't say the year. Q What is your best judgment as to whether it was 1898 or later, or as early as 1895? A I think about that time. Q You think it was about 1898? A Yes sir. Q That would be your best recollection? A Yes sir. There has been very large floods since then; I think that was the second. Q But it is your best recollection that was a stable, fixed channel, with no substantial change, from the time you first saw it, and for a long time before you first saw it, until 1898 or about 1898? A Yes sir. Q Your best judgment and recollection would fix the time as the 2369 |