Note 119 — CHAP. XXXV.
Reading edition
This immense rise of the river agrees perfectly with the experience of Messrs. Laird and Oldfield, who, from absolute measurement, found the difference in the level of the water at Idda in the course of the year nearly 60 feet. See their Journal, vol. ii. p. 276., and p. 420. note, “57 to 60 feet.”