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BATHYMETRICAL SURVEY OF 



the same level during the nine days spent in surveying it. The average 

 height of the water for the whole of the year is about 1 J feet above the 

 level on July 16, 1902 ; the water has been known to rise 9 feet higher 

 and to fall 1 foot lower than the level on this date. 



Bartholomew 



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FIG. 37. INDEX MAP OF THE EWE BASIN. 



^Eng Miles 



Before dealing with the statistics of Loch Maree, it is necessary to 

 state that there has been included in the loch a large portion of the 

 piece of water styled " River Ewe;" soundings were taken in the 

 so-called river, and depths of over 30 feet were obtained in places down 

 to beyond the commencement of the Pool Crofts. Just above the partly 





