12 INTRODUCTION 



without interest. This is not the place, however, for the legends on 

 the origin of these peculiar names nor for a discussion of the occurrence 

 of several French names in the list. In order to avoid misunder- 

 standing the town and range in which the lake occurs is given. When 

 more than one lake with the same name has been visited, a serial num- 

 ber has been added and both the lake name and serial number are used 

 in giving stations for the various algae. 



