Show what a n flood leaves behind tho the worst feature of a flood is the fact that the river is apt to leave a deposit of sand varying in thickness from one inch to ten feet over a large extent of land that was formerly fertile in i to ie flood of 1858 1838 a great many farinela farro farin eia in the american bottom ongoing on going 1 rk to their premises after the tha ico ce of the waters found their pr covered with wi river sand in beds so BO thick that two or three years elapsed before good crops could bo be raised st L ais globe democrat |