FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 4 
and three or four very small ponds, one of which is named Wrights 
Pond. Throughout its course it has many small tributary branches, 
one of which takes its rise in a small pond to the westward. Perry 
Stream joins the Connecticut River about 2 miles below First Con- 
necticut Lake. It was examined from a point about 5 miles above 
its mouth to its junction with the river. Between 1$ and 2 
miles above the mouth of the stream there are several old dams. 
The section of the stream examined was less rapid in the upper 
3 miles than below. Within this upper distance the bottom is 
sandy, but there are occasional rifles. There are numerous good 
trout pools, but evidently only a few trout. For the next mile or so 
down, the stream increases in size and the bottom consists of coarse 
angular fragments of the bed rock rather than bowlders. At the 
lower end there is about a mile of dead water occasionally interrupted 
by short riffles. There seemed to be but little aquatic vegetation ; 
some algve and pond weed were observed. The water of this stream 
is colder than that of Indian Stream. A few springs were observed 
io empty into it. The temperature of water of the stream on August 
6 was 44° F., and of one of the springs 42°; the air was 76°. 
The fishes obtained and observed were trout (Salvelinus fonti- 
nalis), longnose sucker (C. catostomus), and a few blobs (Cottus 
gracilis). 
First Lake.——First Lake is the lowermost and largest of the chain, 
lying about latitude 45° 6’ north, longitude 71° 16’ west, at an ele- 
vation of 1,619 feet. It is very irregular in shape and approximately 
4 miles long and 3 in extreme width. The long axis of the lake 
extends about east and west, but at its lower end curves to the south. 
The widest part of the lake is from the north shore to the south end 
of a deep cove known as South Bay. Stony Point marks the en- 
trance to the bay on the east. Northeastward from this point, on 
the north shore of the lake, is Abbott Point, and correspondingly 
northwestward is Metallak Point. The distance from Stony Point 
to Abbott Point is a little over 12 miles and just about 12 miles 
from Stony Point to Metallak Point. A line joining the last two 
points marks the western limit of that portion of the lake which may 
be appropriately designated as East Bay, while a line extended to 
the opposite shore directly south from Metallak Point determines the 
eastern limit of the western section of the lake, which, for conven- 
lence, may be called West Bay. 
With the exception of Main Inlet, the affluents of the lake are all 
small. On the south side there are some spring rivulets originating 
in the hills, of which Alder Brook, entering the lake on the south- 
east side of East Bay, is the largest. Main Inlet debouches into the 
lake on the northeast side of East Bay just east of Abbott Point. On 
the north side of the lake the most conspicuous tributaries are Mud 
