i 250 _NOTES UPON FLOODS IN LAKE GEORGE. 
sounded in the same place and found 14 feet of water ; and 
in the deepest part of the lake found 21 feet water, so "that . 
lake ~ have been 7 feet deep in January, 1870. 
Mr. Kenny says in April, 1870, the lake was 7 feet deep. 
In rai Hg 1870, levels were taken at the base line whi 
show that the lake was then 15 feet 8 inches deep. 
1871.—-In August, 1871, the levels taken at the base line showed 
that the water was 19 feet deep. 
ee ea highest point in the flood in Lake George was reached a 
t lst November, 1874. Mr. Chisholm states that from — 
heat 1870, to Ist November, 1874, the lake rose 17 feet a 
6 inches, and that in January, 1870, the water in Cooper's — 
Bay was 7 feet deep, and therefore 24 feet 6 inches deep at — 
greatest flood. It will be seen in 1885 note that my ) 
measures make the depth of the lake then 23 feet 10 inches 
a difference which is vag accounted for, unless: the method of — 
sounding was differen 
.1876.—Writing on 3rd aly, 1876, Mr. Chisholm says, “Judging — 
from the experience of the last three or four years, the — 
evaporation has equalled the sosthes of cee carried into — 
the lake. There are large gum trees, green a few years since, 
now standing in the water dead, evidently killed by the rise — 
of the water. From this I should infer that the lake is 
higher now than it has been for at least 100 as. because 
these large trees must have taken that time to > ; 
During 1876 winter the lake has been ata steondiehalld we 
~ a had v very moderate rains and nothing approaching 4 
Again, on 30th April, 1876, the lake had fallen 2 feet 9 inches — 
ow its highest point. i 
In January, 187 é; og base line levels make Lake George 
21 feet 6 inches ’ s 
-1877.—On 30th April, iene , Mr. Chisholm again measured the 
lake and found it 3 feet. 11 inches below highest flood. On 
rail tt he sounded Cooper’s Bay, and the deepest water 
was 
2,225 feet above sea level. 
(1883, —In March, 1883, Mr. Glover visited Lake George and = 
made a mark on the rocks, at Cooper’s, at the height of the 
water. Again visiting the place in January, 1887, he found 
the mark 5 feet above the water, which would make the lake 
then 14 feet deep, 
