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that the lake was frozen nearly over. On the 16th the ice was 3 

 inches thick ; on the 18th, 4.5 inches ; the 19th, 5.5 to 6 inches, and 

 entirely frozen over; the 20th, 6 inches; the 21st, 7 inches; the 

 22d, 8.5 inches ; and the 23d, 9 inches. On the 24th it began melt- 

 ing and by the 31st was only 8 inches thick. In 1902, the only 

 December records are for the 10th, the lake freezing, and the 14th, 

 when the air at 6 p.m. was 20, Lost Lake frozen over, but Lake 

 Maxinkuckee still open. In 1904 there are several December rec- 

 ords. On the 1st to 3d, the lake was rough and ice cakes were 

 forming. On the 4th and 5th considerable stretches along the 

 shore were frozen, but none along the north shore. On the 6th it 

 was drifting up on the east side and on the 8th it softened and 

 melted some, though it was strong enough to bear up in Outlet Bay. 

 On the 9th it was torn up by waves at the south end. On the 10th 

 Outlet Bay was firm enough to walk over, and by the 13th the lake 

 was all frozen over except several scattered pools filled with ducks 

 and coots. On the 14th, only three or four long open pools left, 

 and these were filled mostly with coots, only a few ducks being left. 

 The ice was clear, only one-half inch thick some distance from 

 shore. On the 15th all the lake except two small pools was frozen 

 over. These pools were full of coots which no doubt helped to keep 

 them open. There were many cracks in Outlet Bay. On the 16th 

 only one pool was left open. The next day the ice company had 

 teams on the lake, scraping the snow off the ice, which was 5 inches 

 thick. On the 18th the last open pool closed. The heavy snow on 

 the ice weighed it down and forced a good deal of water to come 

 up through a large crack that ran from Long Point southeast. On 

 the 21st the ice was cracking and pushing up the shore at Long 

 Point. On the 23d the ice was rotten and melted a good deal; 

 there were many small air holes, and on the 25th there were many 

 open places north and east of Long Point. 



We have one record for January, 1893. On the 5th the lake 

 was frozen over 9 inches thick except in a few air holes and cracks 

 caused by expanding ice. In January, 1899, the ice was 8 inches 

 thick on the 1st, 9 on the 8th, 10 on the 29th, 10.5 on the 30th 

 and 11 on the 31st. In January, 1900, it was 7 inches thick on 

 the 1st, 8 on the 2d, 9 on the 3d, 9.25 on the 4th, 7 on the 12th, 6 

 on the 16th and 17th, 7J near the ice-houses, 8 at the Norris pier 

 and 4.5 in front of Shady Point on the 21st and very rotten, 6 on 

 the 30th, and 8 on the 31st. On the first there were several cracks, 

 one running off from Murray's, one off mouth of Aubeenaubee 

 Creek, one from ice-houses to Lakeview hotel, one from the ice- 



