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Show 5969 3972 higher? A Yes, sir. Q Then the change of level would depend entirely upon the particular date upon which the survey was made, would it not? A Yes, sir. Q In a river that was constantly changing, as the testimony shows is the case on this river? A Yes, sir. Q Well, how does that represent, then, any permanent condition? I am asking for information. How does that rep-resent any permanent condition upon which one can base opera-tions subsequently? That is, if , in order to explain the level you have to know what stage the river was at, how does one accept that figure as anything definite to base operations on? A It would have to be used in conjunction with the gage readings, and I think we attempted to eliminate any sudden, abnormal stage of the river, because we had data at |