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Lily Pond. — Fresh water. A small pond filled with waterlilies close to the 



shore of Buzzards Bay and just south of the Falmouth Arms Hotel. 

 Crockers Pond. — ^Fresh water. Situated north of West Falmouth Village, of 



medium size and quite deep, without much vegetation. 

 Sidleys Pond. — Fresh water. Situated in Falmouth Village, of medium size 



and fairly deep, with much marginal vegetation. 

 East Falmouth Pond. — Fresh water. Beside the State highway in East Fal- 

 mouth, its outlet running into Green Pond ; small and shallow. 

 Bournes Pond. — Fresh water. In the village of West Falmouth, of medium 



size, rather shallow, and filled with vegetation. 

 Mares Pond. — Fresh water. North of the road from East Falmouth to West 



Falmouth, half a mile in diameter, with a moderate quantity of vegetation. 

 Browns or Spectacle Pond. — Fresh water. East of Mares Pond, a little longer 



but not so wide and filled with vegetation, 

 Jenkins Pond. — Fresh water. North of Browns Pond and considerably larger ; 



deep and clear and free from vegetation. 

 Jones Pond. — Fresh water. In Waquoit Village ; of medium size, shallow, and 



filled with vegetation, 

 liily Pond. — Fresh water. South of Ashumet Pond, small in size and very 



shallow, choked with vegetation to within 5 inches of the surface. 

 Oyster Pond. — Salinity 0.214. On the shore of Vineyard Sound, half a mile 



long, quarter of a mile wide, filled with floating algae. 

 Salt Pond. — Salinity 0.36. On the shore of Vineyard Sound east of Oyster Pond, 



its outer end opening into the ocean. 

 Little Pond. — Fresh water. On the shore of Vineyard Sound east of Falmouth 



Heights, a mile long, the outer end opening into the ocean, the inner end 



receiving a large brook, the pond filled with water bloom. 

 Great Pond. — Fresh water to salt water. On the shore of Vineyard Sound, 2 



miles long by half a mile wide, the outer end open to the ocean, the inner 



end recei\'ing a large stream ; vegetation rather limited. 

 Green Pond. — Fresh water to salt water. On the shore of Vineyard Sound, 2 



miles long, quarter of a mile wide, the outer end open to the ocean, the inner 



end receiving the outlet of East Falmouth Pond. 

 Waquoit Bay.— Fresh water to salt water. On the shore of Vineyard Sound, 2 



miles long, a mile wide, the outer end open to the ocean, the inner end 



receiving the Quostinet River and a large brook. 

 Eel Pond. — Fresh water to brackish water. West of Waquoit Bay and con- 

 nected with it by a wide outlet, and receiving at its upper end the Childs 



River, the outlet of John Pond. 



PONDS ON CAPE COD OUTSIDE OF FALMOUTH 



John Pond. — Mashpee. Fresh water. A mile and a half long and half a mile 



wide, comparatively free from vegetation. 

 Outlet Pond. — Fresh water. A pond only 100 feet in diameter close to the outlet 



to John Pond and choked with vegetation. 

 Mashpee or Wakeby Pond. — Fresh water. Really the two ends of the same 



pond, connected by a wide channel, filled with water bloom. 

 Santuit Pond. — Fresh water. In Mashpee, a mile long, half a mile wide, and 



full of vegetation. 

 Lovells Pond. — Barnstable. Fresh water. A circular pond a third of a mile 



in diameter and quite deep, with only a little vegetation. 

 Ions' Pond. — Newton Village, Barnstable. Fresh water. Three-quarters of a 



mile long, quarter of a mile wide, quite deep and free from vegetation, 



