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Show 4642 Kirkpatrick- D 2656 agreement with the minute sinuosities of mean high- water elevation. Again, for convenience of platting and computation, the surveyor is required to adopt turning points at distances of whole chains, or multiples of ten links, with add links only in the final course. " In cases where the surveyor finds it impossible to carry his meander line along mean high- water mark, his notes should state the distance therefrom and the obstacles which justify the deviation. A table of latitudes and departures of the meander courses should be comouted before leaving the vicinity, and if misclosure is found, indicating error in measurement or in reading courses, the lines should be rerun. " All streams flowing into a river, late or meanderable bayou will be noted, and the width at their mouths stated; also, the position, size and depth of springs, whether the water be pure or mineral; also, the heads and mouths of all bayous, all rapids and bars, will be noted, with intersections to the upper and lower ends of the latter, to establish their exact situation. The elevation of the banks of lakes and streams, the hight of falls and cascades, and the length and fall of rapids, will be recorded in the field notes. " The field notes of meanders will show the corners |