Grade request for information? So if the ground is level at 4'6 but the ground...

So if the ground is level at 4'6 but the ground is not even a few feet away so the level is 5'6 in instruct to make it rank I need to come down 1'6 to brand it 4'6 so would 5'6 be my elevation ?
Answers:    To level at 4'-6" from 5'-6", you obligation to come down 1'-0". Other than that, I'm not quite sure what you are asking. Is 5'-6", or is that what you are reading through the transit?
If you are using a transit to shoot rank and holding a tape test on the ground you are 1' lower at the 5'6" reading than you are at the 4'6" reading.
The larger the reading, the lower the grade.