mile long : 1-2

INLAND LOCK-NAVIGATION. 1089

No 16 On one quarter of a mile to the house late Guy

Jolmson's, rapid and shallow, 1-4

17 On about 3 1-2 miles to the beginning of deep •water above or opposite the mouth of Scliohara Creek; in all this distance continued rapids, so shallow that an empty batteau must be drawn up; the river wide, with several islands, the bottom generally loose stone, gravel and sand, 3 1-2

18 On five miles to John Fonda's, very good water, deep and gentle; here lay the night of the 22d: 5

19 On one half mile to tlie Caughnawaga rift, deep, incommoded with large rocks: 1-2

20 On nine miles, in perfectly good water, current gentle, then the rapid commonly called Kettar's Rapid, great velocity of water, sufficiently deep, obstructed by large rocks, the rapid extends

about one quarter of a mile: 9 1-4

21 On in good water two miles to a small rapid at Bankers; water deep: 2

22 On one half a mile to Colonel John Fry's many sand banks in the river, easily removed to deepen the channel: 1-3

23 On in good water one mile, there a small rapid, deep water: 1

24 On three miles in good water, to a small rapid, sufficient depth of water: 3

25 On three miles to Mr. Nellis's, the river shallow, bottom loose stones and gravel, some large detached rocks; here lay the night of the 23d ... 3

26 On two and a half miles to the ford, the rapid