s''Ps' sis''eae's Report ot seorh done of tse

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 V" tue iifsi oi Hpiii last, i arrived nj ii,,, 'oo' o' the raft with four steam boats ,;z the snag boat Arohimedes. the sanvan;. a,.' s Sasa and Pearl, all belonging to tho Uo;ted .7sa'es, ana one hundred and fifty nine mon lnchiding officers, mechanics. cnoks laI,a. CTS, @c. at ten o'clock that day. co,n meneed work, and proceeded into inc rae. on s''at cay, about two miles, but fo,nd ,ho current so slack that tho fitnhar rb,, afated, would moi float of. The deal ,yo ~ ter extended at that imo ahont to,t,. ,,,: below the raft. On tho fath ho,a.' ,a.".s pass 'ne umber out ei' the river into inc ioW bottoms and bayous that pass ofY f,a,,, 'ne man bed of the river, to the lakes ,, and s~an,ps' Those hayous have filed m :, "s shec.uai manner as 1t was praet;eabla atdne hlgh stage of watertlai prevn;,aa I.s rlng my stay at the raft, thfonaba,, ,po "noie distance proceeded By that nasas m l forced the water. which was car,,.a "a, i. ale bayous, to pass again down tle ala enamel winch has psas!.,e.a .......s.. , rom the extreme upper end of my a,,a,.,' tons 10 the original foot of tbe ,et st,a.a . Y mics below, oi three miles an hour. In VI seventy one miles, which proceeded into the raft. found the mass of 'lmper Tn fifty six sections covering about one anMd of the whole surface of the water. n many places the timber was quite solid 10 the bottom of the river, which found to ne an average of twenty five feet deep many places, however, immediately above or below a section of the raif, the water did not exceed fifteen feet, until after tl,e rafi was removed, and q cnrrent produced by afensage free passage for the wafer. when nose banks of mud all disappeared. in snort time, and left a uniform depth oftwen. Y hve feet. The islands that had been l ,ofmed by the location of the rafl, have aIl s''e'' taken Cut, w d7ss;sss ..se s.se trees that