FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 9 
nearer the point of entrance of Main Inlet, the more gradual the slope, 
due to the deposit of silt in freshet time. The depth in the immedi- 
ate vicinity of the entrance is 4 to 6 feet, and a large part of this 
region ranges from 40 to 50 feet in depth. Around the shores of this 
lake there was no shallow littoral bench or shelf such as existed in the 
other lakes and ponds visited, but a fairly uniform descent to the 
deeper waters. 
The offshore body of water is generally pretty deep. The deepest 
place found by numerous soundings was 140 feet, about three-fourths 
of a mile southeastward from Metallak Point and less than one-fourth 
mile northeastward of Greens Point, which is a little east of south of 
Metallak Point, near the entrance to South Bay. About halfway 
from Abbott Point to Stony Point there is a depth of 70 feet, toward 
the latter point shoaling to 50, then increasing to 70 feet again about 
one-fourth of a mile off the point. Off Abbott Point it rapidly 
deepens to 35 feet, and about halfway between this point and Metallak 
Point there is a depth of 70 feet. 
South Bay has deep water over most of its area and generally close 
to shore. The greatest depth is 130 feet, almost midway between the 
shores and directly west of Stony Point, and 120 feet is found farther 
down the bay, and 100 feet over half a mile from the entrance. The 
greater depths are found nearer the west than the east shore. The 
depth of West Bay decreases from about 88 feet off Metallak Point 
to 79 or 80 feet about three-fourths of a mile farther west, thence 
rapidly shoals to the outlet.¢ 
The fishes found near the lake in the small affluents are considered 
here as a part of the lake fauna. The following is a list of the 
species collected by us in these places and in the lake: 
Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus). 
Common sucker (Catostomus commersonit). 
Chub (Semotilus bullaris). 
Redfin (Notropis cornutus). 
Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataracte). 
Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atronasus). 
Chub-minnow (Couwesius plumbeus). 
Eel (Anguilla chrisypa). 
Brown trout (Salmo fario). 
Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis). 
Blob (Cottus gracilis). 
Burbot (Lota maculosa). 
Of these, chubs and chub-minnows appeared to be the most abun- 
dant; small blobs were common; cusk and eels doubtless numerous 
enough; suckers of two kinds plentiful; redfins not numerous, and 
neither of the two kinds of dace very abundant. It could not be de- 
“The temperature records of this lake and the other waters examined are 
given in Mr. Doolittle’s section of this report. 
