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is fed by a few cold springs which bubble from the sand below the mill- 
dam. Small fish were numerous below the dam, every haul of the seine 
landing great numbers of Ictiobus carpio, Pimephales notatus, and young 
black bass. 
Montevideo, Minn., July 19.—The Minnesota River at this place, after 
flowing 45 or 50 miles and receiving the waters from the Yellow, Lac 
qui Parle, Pomme de Terre, and Chippewa rivers, is a stream about 
100 feet wide and from 4 to 7 feet deep. The flood-plain at this place 
is more 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; there is 
but little vegetation growing in the water. The stream has 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. Repeated efforts were made with a 45-foot 
seine, but comparatively few fishes were taken. 
Wheatstone River, Millbank, S. Dak., July 19.—This is a small tribu- 
tary, about 25 miles in length, rising in Grant County, South Dakota, 
about 25 miles southeast of Ortonville, flowing in a generally south- 
easterly direction and joining the Minnesota River 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 River 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 
places was covered with ditch-weed. Several species of fish, such as 
Catostomus teres, Ameiurus nebulosus, Pimephales notatus, and a great | 
many pickerel, ascend the stream as far as Millbank to spawn. | 
Pomme de Terre River, Appleton, 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 water 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., 60 miles from Appleton, which is 8 miles from the mouth. The 
stream is very crooked, but in a general direction flows south. At 
