PISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 7 



and three or four very small ponds, one of which is named Wrights 

 Pond. Throughout its course it has many small tributary branches, 

 one of which takes its rise in a small pond to the westward. Perry 

 Stream joins the Connecticut River about 2 miles below First Con- 

 necticut Lake. It was examined from a point about 5 miles above 

 its mouth to its junction with the river. Between 1^ and 2 

 miles above the mouth of the stream there are several old dams. 

 The section of the stream examined was less rapid in the upper 



3 miles than below. Within this upper distance the bottom is 

 sandy, but there are occasional riffles. There are numerous good 

 trout pools, but evidently only a few trout. For the next mile or so 

 down, the stream increases in size and the bottom consists of coarse 

 angular fragments of the bed rock rather than bowlders. At the 

 lower end there is about a mile of dead water occasionally interrupted 

 by short riffles. There seemed to be but little aquatic vegetation; 

 some alga3 and pond weed were observed. The water of this stream 

 is colder than that of Indian Stream. A few springs were observed 

 lo empty into it. The temperature of w^ater of the stream on August 

 6 was 44° F., and of one of the springs 42° ; the air was 76°. 



The fishes obtained and observed were trout {Salvelinus fonti- 

 nalis), longnose sucker {C. catostomus), and a few blobs {Cottv.s 

 gracilis). 



First Lake. — First Lake is the lowermost and largest of the chain, 

 lying about latitude 45° 6' north, longitude 71° 16' west, at an ele- 

 vation of 1,619 feet. It is very irregular in shape and approximately 



4 miles long and 3 in extreme width. The long axis of the lake 

 extends about east and west, but at its lower end curves to the south. 

 The widest part of the lake is from the north shore to the south end 

 of a deep cove known as South Bay. Stony Point marks the en- 

 trance to Jthe bay on the east. Northeastward from this point, on 

 the north shore of the lake, is Abbott Point, and correspondingly 

 northw^estward is Metallak Point. The distance from Stony Point 

 to Abbott Point is a little over If miles and just about If miles 

 from Stony Point to Metallak Point. A line joining the last two 

 points marks the western limit of that portion of the lake which may 

 be appropriately designated as East Bay, while a line extended to 

 the opposite shore directly south from Metallak Point determines the 

 eastern limit of the western section of the lake, which, for conven- 

 ience, may be called West Bay. 



With the exception of Main Inlet, the affluents of the lake are all 

 small. On the south side there are some spring rivulets originating 

 in the hills, o-f which Alder Brook, entering the lake on the south- 

 east side of East Bay, is the largest. Main Inlet debouches into the 

 lake on the northeast side of East Bay just east of Abbott Point. On 

 the north side of the lake the most conspicuous tributaries are Mud 



