6 _ FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 
with that of Halls Stream“ and Perry Stream. Many of its eastern 
branches are intimately close to western tributaries of Perry Stream. 
One of the largest of these branches is “ East Branch,” which is a 
famous trout stream. Lying just west of Back Pond is a chain of 
three small ponds, the largest of which is less than one-half mile in 
diameter, which discharge their waters through one of the lower 
eastern branches into Indian Stream 74 or 8 miles above its junction 
with the river. Two of the ponds are named Moose Pond and Bowen 
Pond, respectively, the latter being the largest of the three. 
Indian Stream was examined from a point about 3 miles above the 
bridge over the main road down to the bridge. The bed of the 
stream is essentially gravelly; it is mostly shallow, with considerable 
descent and rapidity. In the distance of about a half mile or so 
above the bridge there were several deep holes having sandy and 
muddy bottoms. There were but few water plants. The stream 
averaged, perhaps, 30 feet in width at the time of our visit (August 
4). The water was low and the bed to a great extent dry. In the 
spring there is sufficient water for log driving. In a field about a 
mile above the bridge there are a number of pools which are the 
remains of an overflow or “ cut-off ” at present not connected with 
the stream, but doubtless fed by springs. In these pools the follow- 
ing fishes were caught, some of them not obtained elsewhere in the 
region: Red-bellied minnow (Chrosomus erythrogaster), bronze 
minnow (Leuciscus neogeus), mud or brook chub (Semotilus atro- 
maculatus), common chub (S. bullaris), longnose dace (Rhinichthys 
cataracte), blacknose dace (2. atronasus), redfin (Notropis cor- 
nutus), young cusk or burbot (Lota maculosa), besides innumerable 
tadpoles and frogs (Rana clamata and FP. septentrionalis). In the 
stream itself were taken chub, brook chub, longnose dace, longnose 
sucker (Catostomus catostomus), common sucker (C. commersonic) , 
chub-minnow (Couesius plumbeus), and several blobs (Cottus gra- 
cilis). The temperature of the air was 70° and of the water 62° F. 
Back Pond.—This pond is about 14 miles long, with an extreme 
width of something over one-half mile. It is situated about 24 
miles above the junction of its outlet with the Connecticut River near 
Pittsburg. The main road to Connecticut Lakes, however, passes 
within sight of it. This pond was not visited, but it was learned 
from reliable sources that pickerel (H'sow reticulatus) occur there as 
an introduced species, and trout are found in the outlet. It is said 
that Back Pond was once a good trout pond. 
Perry Stream.—This stream has its source near the boundary line 
of northern New Hampshire and Canada in several small branches 
4Halls Stream, forming a part of the boundary between New Hampshire and 
Canada, joins the Connecticut River near Beecher Falls, Vermont. 
