to the big house a few aspen leaves fluttered 

 on twigs in the water; evidently these twigs 

 were attached to limbs or larger pieces of aspen 

 that were piled beneath the surface. Could it be 

 that the aspen which I had marked on the 

 mountainside a quarter of a mile distant so 

 short a time before, and which I had followed 

 over slope and slide, canal and basin, was now 

 piled on the bottom of this pond? I waded out 

 into the water, prodded about with a pole, and 

 found several smaller logs. Dragging one of 

 these to the surface, I found there were three 

 notches on it. 



Evidently these heavy green tree cuttings 

 had been sunk to the bottom simply by the 

 piling of other similar cuttings upon them. 

 With this heavy material in the still water a 

 slight contact with the bottom would prevent 

 the drifting of accumulating cuttings until a 

 heavy pile could be formed. However, in deep 

 or swift water I have noticed that an anchorage 

 for the first few pieces was secured by placing 

 these upon the lower slope of the house or 

 against the dam. 



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