133 Nepigon and Saguenay Rivers. 



shifting dunes, the Saguenay joins the St. 

 Lawrence grudgingly, and the reddish 

 waters push far out into those of the 

 greater river before their moroseness is 

 tamed. 



A NOTE ON TANNATE WATER. 



Wishing to have an explanation for the 

 reddish stain of many northern streams, I 

 wrote for information to the Department 

 of Agriculture at Washington and at Ot- 

 tawa. From Washington came the reply 

 that no information on that subject was 

 obtainable. From Ottawa I received a 

 personal letter from Secretary H. B. 

 Small, who kindly stated that while no 

 definite answer could be given, it was his 

 impression that the stain was due to the 

 action of tannin in the water, and that the 

 question would be referred to the chemists 

 and botanists of the Department of Agri- 

 culture of Canada. A report from Chief 

 Chemist F. T. Schutt contained analyses 

 of Ottawa River water showing that the 

 coloring of that river was largely due to 



