Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III
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
sharp, but smooth, and water sufficient: 2 1-3
27 On one and a half miles to Fort Hendrick, small rapids and shallow, the bottom loose stones and gravel: 11-2
28 On one mile in good water to John Van Drusen's, there two small rapids, water shallow, bottom, loose stones and gravel, water deep above the rapids: 1
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1090 IrLAND LOCK-NAVIGATION.
No 29 On three and a half miles to tlie Falls, tlie water deep all tlie way, current gentle, except at the place called the Ha3xocks, where the navigation '
is sometimes dangerous, occasioned by about one hundred rocks : , . . . . 3 1-2
From Schenectady to tlie Fails 53 miles.
30 From the landing at the foot, to tlie landing at the head of the Falls, is al)out three qu-u-ters of a mile, the height thirty-nine feet two inclies,
. . the ground stony, rocky and rough ^ proceeded
the 27th : 3-4