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Ant, XXXII.—On Ne Fluctuations of the Water Level at Green 
ny Wisconsin ; by Cuas, Wurrrtesey, of Cleveland, Ohio. 
Tae town of Green Bay is situated at the mouth of the Fox 
ean river, As far up the river as “ Des Peres,” or about 
tye miles, the water is eee Bing enough for ante by 
aly vessels. The first - Des Peres, the seat of the ear- 
;. lest French mission on 
jest fathers, of bin relics yet remain. Here a dam and 
he bave een built as part of the improvement of the river. 
__ Movements of the = at the mouth and along the 
a portion of the channel are so frequent and so marked 
a to ai t the atténtion of travellers a residents from the 
at ‘of e Jesuits to our own. The current is seen flowin; 
lly up stream as far as the rapids almost every day, and 
metimes More than once or twice. With the influx is a rise 
sp umes Very ‘Small, * Mes reaching one and even two feet, 
_olwithstanding the pea excited by this series of move- 
ts, few. measurements have been made. The early 
f this Journal contain, I believe, all the observations 
| Which I now r present are by no means complete, 
nee value es the question of lunar 
: vou a, No. 81.—MAY, 1959. 
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