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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 285 words

3 On in good water, one quarter of a mile, to a sharp rapid, on which not more than one foot of water, bottom loose stones, the water above,

deep : 1^

4 On to Anthony Van Sl}'kes, in good water, one mile, there a rapid, water deep above it : 1

1088 INLAND LOCK-NAVIGATION.

No 5 On in good water, one and a lialf mile, then a sharp rapid, one and a lialf feet water, bottom loose stones and gravel, water shallow above it,

current on the rapid very strong : .... 1 1-2

0 On one quarter of a mile to Jacobus Swarts, in sliallow water, there a small rapid, bottom, loose stones, water deep above it : 1-4

7 On one ludf a mile, to John Mabey's water good,

here lay the night of the 21st of August 1-2

8 On one and a half mile in good water, then a rapid at Sias Swarts : This rapid is one quarter of a mile long, great velocity of water, depth one and a half feet, bottom, stones and gravel, water,

above the rapid, deep : 1 3-4

9 On two miles, current gentle, bottom level, shallow all the way, not more than from one to one and a half feet water : 2

10 On two and a half miles to Lewis Groots, passing two small rapids with sufficient water .... 2 1-3

11 On one and a quarter of a mile to the Willow Eapid : this rapid extends half a mile, has a sufficient depth of water ; the velocity of the water so great as to render the ascent for large . batteaux very difficult : , 1 3-4