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