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3. Conway Point. This piece of land extending into 

 Short Point I^ay in a northerly direction is apparently without 

 a name, and at the suggestion of Mrs. F. C. Baker, it is here 

 designated Conway Point, the name being that of a Syracuse 

 gentleman who has a summer cottage near this point. The 

 land rises in a northerly direction to a height of about eight 

 feet above lake level and forms a small bluiT. The bottom at 

 the end of the point is bouldery with sand areas on the east 

 and west sides. The water is a foot or two deep on the point 

 and gradually deepens to six feet (Table 4). 



4. Short Point (fig. 9). This is a low, tongue-shaped 

 point of land separating Short Point Bay from Lower South 

 Bay. It is about 300 feet long and 80 feet wide. The water 

 surrounding the point is shallow and very bouldery, the stony 

 area extending eastward into the larger body of water for 

 several hundred feet. A shallow area less than six feet deep 

 with sand or boulder bottom, extends southeasterly for a dis- 

 tance of nearly 1,500 feet (Table 5). 



5. Lower South Bay. LTnder this head is included the 

 larger part of the body of water known as Lower South Bay. 

 In the west end of the bay between Short Point and the south 

 shore of the bay, there is a narrow strip of sand bottom bor- 

 dering the shore and not exceeding 50 feet in width. Beyond 

 this sand area the bottom is composed of clay to the 6-foot 

 contour where the mud bottom areas begin (Table No. 6). 

 The vegetation varies greatly in different places in this terri- 

 tory. South and west of Short Point the shore is protected 

 from rough water and plants are numerous in both species and 

 individuals. The shore is lined with Cat-tails (Typha angiis- 

 tifolia) or American Bulrush (Scirpiis americanus) , with 

 Loosestrife (Decodon verticillatus) in the more protected 

 places (tig. 10). In deeper water the Lake Bulrush {Scirpus 

 occidentalis), the Water Lilies {Nymphcea and Castalia) and 

 a few submerged plants like Potamogeton occur (fig. 11). 



