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Tulare Lake or the tide land about it, and most of the latter is now und(>r cultivation 

 and the lake has practically disappeared. 



Midilh Fork of h'liireah Elver. — The Middle Fork of Kaweah River was exam- 

 ined at various ]ilaces fi-om the mouth of the South Fork to a point above the power 

 house, some 10 mile.s up the stream. In this portion of it.s course the Middle Fork 

 is a large, swiftly flowing stream, with an occasional deep, quiet pool, but ordinarilj' 

 with a strong current and a depth of 8 to 10 feet or more. The bed rock is of 

 granite, which in man,y places is bare. Many large boulders also occur in the stream. 

 There are some rapids and an occasional small fall, at the foot of which are deep pools 

 in which trout delight to loiter. The water is clear, pure, and fairly cold, the maxi- 

 mum temperature in July being about 65^ Fahrenheit. Trout were formerly not 

 luicommon in this river, even down to Threerivers and below, but now they are 

 rarely seen below the mouth of the East Fork. The Marble Fork of the Kaweah joins 

 the ^liddle Fork just .south of the Giant Forest. It was examined in the vicinity 

 of the crossing of the road west of the forest, where it is a tine mountain stream 

 well suited to trout. (PI. ii, tig. 1.) 



- North Fark of Kaweah Blver. — The North Fork was examined from Broderand 

 Hopping's place at Redstone Park to its moutli, a distance of a))out iJ miles. This 

 stream is similar to the Middle Fork in every respect except that it is much smaller. 

 In tlie North Fork trout are not now found lower down than within lo miles of the 

 mouth. 



Ea.'<t Fork <>/ Kairrah liiper. — The East Fork heads at Farewell Gap and joins the 

 Middle Fork about 4 miles above Threerivers. This stream was inspected at various 

 places between its source and its mouth. It is, in most places, bold and turbulent, 

 with granite bed and many cascades and considerable falls. 



South Fork of Kaweah River. — The South Fork was examined at \ aiious places 

 between its source and mouth, particularly in that portion 3 to 4 miles above its 

 mouth, also at Alle.s's ranch, Sand Meadow, and al)ove the last-named place. The 

 South Fork, in its lower course, resembles the North Fork. It is, perhaps, somewhat 

 more turbulent and the water rather colder. At and above Alles's ranch it is a ver}" 

 rough stream averaging *> feet wide and 1 foot deep, flowing with many falls, cas- 

 cades, and rapids over a smooth-worn granite bed. (PI. ir, tig. 2.) The temperature 

 of the water at Alles's ranch at .5 p. m. (July 13) was 70.5'"' Fahrenheit, and at 5.45 

 a. m. (July 14), 62.35'^. Five or 6 miles above this point it was 62.5"^ at 11 a. m. 

 and at noon at Redwood cabin it was 63". At Camp No. 2," about 2 miles below Sand 

 Meadow or 7 miles above Ladyl)ug, the South Fork is a mere creek about 10 feet wide, 

 1 foot in average depth, and with a slow current. The bed is of clean sand and gravel. 

 The water is clear and cool, the temperature varying from 50.25' at 6 a. m. July 15 

 (when the air was 31.5 ) to (')0.5- at 7 ji. m. The banks are lined with patches of 

 small willows. 



The third camp was made in South Fork Meadows, southeast of Sand Meadow 

 and about 7 miles from Camp No. 2. The South Fork at this place is a very small 

 stream, 2 to 10 feet wide and a few inches deep, flowing usually with a slow current 

 (about 393 gallons per minute) over a bottom of coarse white sand, with here and 

 there deeper pools, and at other places considerable riffles over boulders of various 



n The route followed in these investigations, with the camps indicated by numbers, is shown on the accompanying 



