TO MEASURE A RIVER.
Anybody can measure the breadth ofj a river without mechanical means. Place yourself at the edge of the stream, stand perfectly still, face the opposite bank, 1 , and lower the brim of your hat until it just cute the opposite bank. Then turn! slowly round until the hat brim cuts some point on the level ground behind you. Mark the spot where the hat brim! cuts the ground, then pace off the dis-j tance, and it will be found about the' breadth of the river. I
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 184, 5 August 1940, Page 5
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90TO MEASURE A RIVER. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 184, 5 August 1940, Page 5
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