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all aar streams when the county was new, are becom- 

 ing now quite scarce. The reasons given were two: I, 

 fishermen are more plenty and catch them out when 

 large enough to bite a small hook : 2, the county 

 having been cleared up the small streams during the 

 droughts of summer, almost completely dry up and 

 the fish are killed, excepting here and there a deep 

 eddy is left where a sufficient number remain to pro- 

 pagate and.* keep up a representation of species. In 

 winters too -they are killed off by freezing which usu- 

 ally takes place to a greater depth than it would were 

 the streams protected by woods. These Trout are 

 caught occasionally in Lake Memphremagog weigh- 

 ing two and one half pounds. 



Glaciers iw Neivpor-t. — Dr. Currier read a commu- 

 nication on the glacial action in the town of Newport. 

 Several moraines were pointed out: one that existed 

 in the north part of the town directed its course to 

 Lake Memphremagog, leaving immense boulders in 

 its course. Another moraine ran northward through 

 Newport Centre and uniting in Canada with a similar 

 and larger one coming down the Missisquoi Valley. 

 Ledges in this section are rounded ■ off and slope 

 northwardly. Many grooves are distinctly seen upon 

 those surfaces,-seven were counted within a short dis- 

 tance on one rock in the west part of the town,^some 

 being thYee fourths of an inch in depth and three 

 incheSnvide. .One half mile west of the village of 

 NewpWt ekists another moraine with immense boul- 

 ders of granite, some of which show glacial scratches 

 Its course' is directed northward toward Lake Mem- 

 phremagog. 



Collections. — Numerous collections were made, but 

 the only ones of any importance were some Indian 

 implements from the Memphremagog Valley. One 

 arrow head of light drab colored hornstone, two hoes 

 or f^oiiges made of trap rock, from West Derby, 



