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tightening up again at night, and alternating weak and firm until 

 the 25th when it all disappeared, simply breaking up and melting 

 without piling on shore. 



In 1902, the only records for March are: On the night of the 

 12th the ice moved southeast and piled up 10 feet high on the north- 

 west side of Long Point, and about as high on the east shore at th'e 

 Edwards cottage. All the west side was open on the 13th. On the 

 13th the ice left the lake with a southeast wind which piled it on 

 shore at the depot grounds and east to the Palmer House. On 

 the 18th some ice had frozen and piled up some on shore. 



In 1903, in March, the 13th was the first warm, calm day of 

 spring, and the ice went off very fast ; all gone from Outlet Bay by 

 6 p.m., and all gone from shore from there to depot. The next 

 day the wind shifted to the south and piled the ice 6 feet high at the 

 tip of Long Point. On the 15th the wind shifted to the northeast 

 and drove the ice into Outlet Bay and along the west shore, but 

 doing no harm. That portion of the lake north of a line from the 

 tip of Long Point to the Edwards cottage and east of a line from 

 the tip of Long Point to the Assembly grounds was free of ice. 

 Then the wind shifted again to the south and drove all the ice to the 

 north end of the lake. By 6 p. m. the ice was all gone. As the ice 

 was very thin no harm was done. Air at 3 p.m. 70. On March 

 29 there was some ice again. 



In 1905, in March, on the 25th, ice covered about three-fourths 

 of the lake. The surface was very much decayed and broken. It 

 went off rapidly all day and by the evening of the 26th there was 

 only a little left in Culver Bay. 



In 1907, the ice left the lake on March 17. Several days of 

 warm rain had rotted it thoroughly and a strong southwest wind 

 on the 16th set it in motion, broke it up, and drove it toward the 

 northeast part of the lake, where it melted. 



In 1908, the ice left the lake March 13, the day being very warm 

 and the frogs singing. 



In 1910, on March 1, it turned warm, and there was no snow 

 or rain thereafter. On March 22 the ice left the lake. It was 

 20 inches thick and just rotted out. It did not drift much and no 

 harm was done. It opened as usual on the west side from the 

 Outlet to the depot. Air about 60. 



There are only a few ice records for April. The senior author 

 spent April 6 and 7, 1885, at the lake, and recorded the fact that 

 the ice was still on the lake, with a narrow strip open around the 

 edges, especially along the south shore and at the inlet mouths. 



In 1900, on April 1, the ice moved north; on the 3d it moved 



