to FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 



West Cove, East Inlet entering East Cove, and two small streams 

 entering from the southeast. 



The Main Inlet enters from the north after meandering for a dis- 

 tance of 1 mile or more through open country as a sluggish stream, 

 30 feet wide, and 2 to 3 feet deep. In the rapid water 1| miles above 

 the lake, the temperature registers 57° F. ; in the lower stretches, 

 out of reach of lake influence, the water registered 54° F. at a time 

 when the surface of the lake was G2° F. The cooling of the water of 

 the river, similar to that observed at the entrance of the Main Inlet 

 to the First Connecticut Lake, is therefore to be noted. Consider- 

 able beds of chara {Chara coronata) ^ bur-reed {Sparganium simplex 

 angustlfoUum), pond weed {Potamogeton amplifolius and P. nut- 

 tallii), and milfoil {Myriophyllum alterniflorwm) occupy the bottom, 

 particularl}^ toward the entrance to the lake. 



The stream from the northwest meanders similarly from the hills 

 in the distance. Its temperature was 56° F. on August 20. The 

 East Inlet enters at the northeastern curve of the lake from the 

 east. Its course can be traced through open country for 5 or 6 miles 

 easterly with but few rapids among the hills which feed it. Its tem- 

 perature is higher than the other inlets, due, no doubt, to its longer 

 exposure to the sun in stretches of dead water. From the hills on 

 the immediate east are two small streams, seeping their way to some 

 degree through the intervening meadow. 



Fixed aquatic vegetation. — The western shore is protected from the 

 prevalent wind and consequent wave action. Here in the shallow 

 protected water of the limnetic bench were established pond weed 

 {Potamogeton pusillus and P. spirillus), needle rush {Eleocharis aci- 

 cularis), pipewort {Eriocaulon septangulare) , and water lobelia 

 {Lobelia dortmanna) . In East and "West coves of the main portion of 

 the lake and in South J^ixy were mixed beds of chara {Chara coro- 

 nata)., pond weed {Potamogeton amplifolius^ P. pra'longus, and P. 

 perfoliatus) , pond lilies {Nymj)hcEa advena and N. hyhrida), water 

 milfoil {Myriopliyllum spicatum), and Batraehium triehophyllum,, 

 all of which are plants able to root at depths below the limit of the 

 wave action of this lake and to resist, when at the surface, some de- 

 gree of roughness. The grow^th of these aquatics is greatest in South 

 Bay, and only a little less dense in East Cove. In the shallower, 

 more protected corners of the lake were occasional beds of j)ond weed 

 {Potamogeton nuttallii), milfoil {Myriophyllum alterniforum)^ and. 

 Sagittaria graminea^ in addition to the omnipresent great yellow pond 

 \\\y{Nympha?a advena). The quantity of fixed aquatic vegetation 

 was greater in this lake than in any other of the larger bodies of 

 water in this vicinity. The single detached specimen of Potamoge- 

 ton perfoliat}(s apparently loosened in sounding or dredging indicate 

 a flora possibly undiscovered. 



