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near the center of the lake. On the 2d, it was nearly all gone east 

 of Long Point and south to Murray's, but Outlet Bay was still cov- 

 ered. On the 4th the lake was again pretty well frozen over, it 

 having grown cold on the 2d and 3d. 



In January, 1906, the lake was not frozen over on the first. 

 Later it froze over but ice was all gone by the 22d, following a 

 week of rain. 



Our first February records are for 1899, when the ice was 11.5 

 inches thick on the 1st, 12 on the 2d to 7th, 13 on the 8th, 16 on 

 the 10th, 18 on the 13th, and 15 on the 27th. The next are for 

 1901. On the 1st the ice was groaning some; on the 4th and 5th 

 it was much sunken by 8.5 inches of snow on it ; on the 8th it was 

 groaning again ; on the 9th it was still sagging and covered with 

 water in many places ; on the 20th it was somewhat noisy and much 

 flooded in the middle ; covered with slush on the 23d and still sink- 

 ing on the 24th ; on the 25th much slush and ice groaning a good 

 deal, continuing for the next two days. There was much noise 

 again on the 28th, continuing all day. 



In 1902, on February 4th the ice M^as about 18 inches thick; 

 17 inches on the 6th and 18 on the 21st. On the 25th the ice began 

 to get dark where the snow had blown off, and in some places slush 

 snow covered it. 



In 1903, the ice was 8 to 10 inches thick on February 15, but it 

 had been about 14 inches thick. 



In 1906, on February 14, the lake was frozen over, the ice 4 to 

 6 inches thick, and the ice cutting beginning. 



Our March I'ecords begin with 1899, when the ice was 10 inches 

 thick on the 11th. On the 12th there was a high west wind driving 

 the ice out from the west shore and piling it up 10 feet high on 

 the east side. On the 22d the ice was rotten; by the 25th it had 

 become so honeycombed that it practically all went off the lake, 

 piling up high on shore in various places ;^ on Long Point it was 

 about 10 feet high, but did no damage. 



In 1900, on March 1. the ice was 12 inches thick and 16 inches 

 on the 19th. On the 22d it w^as open near the center of the lake. 

 On the 25th the ice began to break up, drifting to west and north- 

 west shores, and by 6 p. m. it was all gone. 



In 1901, on March 3, the ice was free from snow and there was 

 some water on the surface. On the 4th the air holes that were 

 present on the 3d froze up. On the 6th there was a long crack 

 along the west shore and on the 7th the ice was heaving and push- 

 ing on the shore on the east side. On the 8th and 9th it was 

 quite soft and flooded; on the 11th very rotten around the edges. 



