NOTIONS, NOTES, AND ODDS AND ENDS 169 



WATER GAUGE AND DESCRIPTION OF 

 STATES OF WATER 



The gauge or scale is a stick or iron rod painted black 

 and white in alternate inches, and driven into the bed 

 of the stream when fairly low, and, say, three feet above 

 water. 



SCALE 



0000-00. Highest record, 1831 and 1829. 

 0000-0. Next highest. 

 0000. High-level floods. 



000. High-level floods. 



Any of above are unfishable. Yellow floods, 

 pea- soup, clay, may dear to porter, peat, black, 

 or even dark amber. 



00. MEDIUM LEVELS 



May be yellow, clay, but likely to clear 

 through porter to amber x . May run milk, 

 i.e. snow-water. May be black or drumly. 



XO. LOW LEVELS FIRST TOUCHED 



This should be a fixed point on gauge, 

 x 0. 0. 2 . Lower. Clear, 



x 0. 0. 0. Crystal. 



0. 0. 0. 0. 



0. 0. 0. 0. 2 . Dead low. 



0. 0. 0. 0. - 3 . Lowest records. 



The three stages marked x are best, and 

 amber of . 



Stake driven down till medium mark is 

 touched by water. 



