Ani)H(ds of the Mississippi Bottoms near Qtiincij. 12*1 



have a common outlet during the fore part of the summer 

 through Wood Slough. Lily Lake is the smallest of the three, 

 and lies only a few rods from the west shore of the bay. It is 

 an oval pond of shallow water full of the pads of water chin- 

 quepin, and is the only water from which I collected that con- 

 tained a growth of vegetation. It is pretty well protected on 

 the north and west by forest, which probably prevents to some 

 extent the ravages of overflows. 



LONG LAKE. 



Long Lake, the second of the group, lies a short distance 

 northwest of the preceding. It is nearly three quarters of a 

 mile long, and is a narrow body of rather deep water surrounded 

 by forest. 



BROAD LAKE. 



West of the lower half of Long Lake is the third lake of 

 the group. It is broad and shallow, and when visited consisted 

 of a series of detached pools with sloping bottoms of mud so 

 deep as to make it extremely difficult to drag a seine. 



CEDAR CREEK. 



This is a small rapidly flowing creek which comes from the 

 east and, cutting through the bluff, enters the bay half a mile 

 above the city limits. A.t its mouth it has deposited a large 

 bed of alluvium through which one sinks to his knees in wading. 

 A short distance from the bay it becomes rocky, and between 

 the bluffs and in the upper part of its course floA's over almost 

 solid limestone. When visited, it was moderately low, and in 

 places were shallow pools connected with each other by narrow 

 reaches along which the water rushed with considerable speed. 

 The water is quite clear notwithstanding the sewage which it 

 receives ; yet the influence of the latter is seen in the compara- 

 tive scarcity of aquatic life for some distance back of the bluff. 



OTHER WATERS. 



The only situations other than those described above, in 

 which collections were made, were a small creek without name 

 just above (iuincy, which is similar to Cedar Creek in every re- 



