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is fed by a few cold springs wliicli bubble from tliesaiul below tlie iiiill- 

 dani. Small fish were numerous below the dam, every liaul of the seine 

 landing threat wnmberH of let iohns carpio, PimejyJialcs notatus, and young 

 black bass. 



Montevideo, Minn., July 19. — The Minnesota lliver at this place, after 

 flowing 45 or 50 miles and receiving the waters from the Yellow, Lac 

 qui Parle, Pomme de Torre, and ('hi])pewa rivers, is a stream about 

 100 feet wide and from 4 to 7 feet deep. The flood-plain at this place 

 is }uore than a mile wide and from 8 to 15 feet above low water. The 

 banks and hills are timbered with a growth of small trees j there is 

 but little vegetation growing in the water. The stream lias a current 

 of possibly 2 miles per hour. The bed is of mud, very deep near the 

 shores, and the water is of a light clay color, due to the great quanti- 

 ties of that material held in suspension. The locality was not a good 

 one for making collections. Kepeated efforts were made with a 45-foot 

 seine, but comparatively few fishes were taken. 



Wheatstone River, Millhanl-, aS'. Dal\, July 19. — This is a small tribu- 

 tary, about 25 miles in length, rising in Grant County, South Dakota, 

 about 25 miles southeast of Ortouville, flowing in a generally south- 

 easterly direction and joining the Minnesota Kiver almost at the place 

 where it leaves the lake. In fact, sediment brought by this stream has 

 possibly contributed to form the south banks of the lake, much as the 

 sediment of the Little Minnesota Eiver has formed the southern shore 

 of Lake Traverse. The stream was fished at Millbank, 12 miles from 

 its mouth. At this place it is only a meadow brook, a series of long, 

 narrow ponds 3 to 5 feet in depth, connected by shallow ripples only a 

 few inches in depth. The bed is of mud, and the water turbid and 

 warm. The banks of the stream are low and devoid of all vegetable 

 life except grasses, there being neither trees nor shrubs to shelter the 

 water. The water contained considerable pond vegetation, and in 

 I)laces was covered with ditch -weed. Several si)ecies of fish, such as 

 Catostomus teres, Ameiuriis nehulosus, Pimephales notatus, and a great 

 many pickerel, ascend the stream as far as Millbank to spawn. 



Pomme de Terre River, Appleto7i, Minn., July 20. — This stream is in 

 striking contrast to the other rivers in this vicinity. Instead of bare 

 banks, mud bottoms, and clouded waters, here the banks were well 

 shaded with elm, willow, and box-elder, which grew to the very margin 

 of the stream and overhung the water, shading and in some places 

 almost concealing the stream. The Avater was clear and cool, 59^, and 

 flowed over a bed of sand and coarse gravel. The mouth of the Pomme 

 de Terre River is 20 miles from Big Stone Lake, and 30 feet lower in 

 altitude. It drains an area of more than 900 square miles, and dis- 

 charged at the time visited about 80 cubic feet of water per second. 

 It rises in a lake bearing the same name as the river, in Grant County, 

 Minn., GO miles from Appleton, which is 8 miles from the mouth. The 

 stream is very crooked, but in a general direction flows south. At 



