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Show 5325 Chaffin- C 3336 where the silt is. The big part of that is gravel bottom, and don't change a great deal. Where it does change, where the silt is, it changes in low water. In high water you don't know these places are there, in the still water. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q The changes that do come about in the bed of the river occur where the water is still, do they not? A These little changes, yes. Q If there is a torrential rain in September, as I think you testified, say a big flood comes down, there may be a sudden change caused at certain points by such a rain? A Yes. Q You made this statement in substance, Mr. Chaffin, that after the water started to rise there was a channel, if you knew where to find it? A Yes sir, that has been my experience, always. Q And after you had found the channel, become familiar with the river, after the high water season had passed, generally speaking that channel would remain unless a torrential flood or something of that sort came along and changed it? A Unless the river raised or fell it would stay pretty much like she was, after the high water was over. Your channel was formed for the season. And unless some condition came that changed the height of the water, your channel will |