722 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1913. 



and operating at its full capacity, the waters which three days before 

 poured out of the Ashokan Keservoir in a mighty flood, over 17 feet 

 in diameter, will reach Staten Island a stream only 3 per cent of its 

 former size, after having been robbed by the rest of the thirsty city. 



