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INDEX. 



St. Clair, Lake, Area, water-shed, etc. , of, 



58. 



Delta formed in, 40. 



St. Clair river, Area, water-shed, etc., of, 



58. 

 St. Lawrence basin, Eain fall in, 69. 

 St. Lawrence river, Analysis of, GO. 



Volume of, 58. 



St. Mary's river. Area, water-shed, etc., of, 



58. 

 St. Mary's river, Rise of water in, .34, 39. 

 Saline lakes. Description of, 69-89. 

 Sault de St. Marie, see also Saint Mary's 



river. 



Vessels passing, 61. 



Sandixsky, O., Lakelets near, 28. 

 Sea cliffs. Origin of, 4o-45. 

 Sediments in lakes, .39, 40. 

 Seneca lake, N. Y. , Deltas in, 49, 50. 

 Seiches, Brief account of, 35. 

 Sevier lake, Utah, Analysis of, 72. 

 Sink-holes, Ponds formed in, 3L 

 Smoke creek desert, Nev., Lakes on, 27, 28. 

 Schermerhorn, L. Y., Cited on physical feat- 

 ures of Laurentian lakes, 58. 

 Soda lake, Nev. , Analysis of, 72. 



Origin of, 19. 



See also Ragtown ponds. 



Soap lake. Wash., Analysis of, 72. 



Spencer, J. W., Cited on Pleistocene history 



of Laurentian basin, 96, 102. 

 Stevenson, J. J. , Cited on lava flow in New 



Mexico, 18. 



Cited on Twin lakes, Col., 14. 



Stikine river, Alaska, Glacial lake in valley 



of, 11. 

 Stockton, Utah, Small lake near, 9, 10. 

 Stockton bar, Utah, Brief account of, 10. 



Map of, 12. 



Suez Canal, Commerce of, 61. 



Superior, Lake, Ancient beaches on shores 



of, 101. 



Area of, 57. 



-Area, depth, etc., of, 58, 59. 



Color of clays in, 41. 



Currents in, 34. 



Precipitous shores of, 45. 



Rise of water in, 39. 



Sand bars on shore of, 48. 



Swallow-holes, Ponds formed in, 31. 

 Sweden, Lake ores of, 77. 



Symons, T. W., Cited on the Upper Co],um- 



bia, 68. 

 Syracuse, N. Y., Salts from brines of, 73. 



Tahoe, Lake, Cal.— Nev., Depth of, 21. 



Description of, 63-65. 



Mention of, 67, 68. 



Temperature of, 35-37. 



Tarr, R. S. , Cited on Lake Cayuga, 16. 



Taylor, F. B., Cited on delta in St. Clair 

 lake, 40. 



Cited on Pleistocene history of Lauren- 

 tian basin, 96-101. 



Temperature of deep lakes, 35, 36. 



Lake Tahoe, 64. 



Terraces, Origin of, 44-46. 



Tertiary lakes, Brief notice of, 115. 



Thinolite, Nature of, 110. 



Thinolitic tufa. Origin of, 110-113. 



Thun, Lake, Switz., Reference to, 7. 



Tides in Laurentian lakes, 33. 



Toledo, 0., Rise of water at, 34. 



Toronto, Can., Height of ancient beach at, 

 100. 



Topography of lake shores, 43-49. 



Toulca, Mt., Mex., Lake in, 19. 



Toyatte glacier, Alaska, Lake retained by, 

 11. 



Truckee river. Obstructed by sand, 4. 



Tufa in Lahontan basin, 110-114. 



Tulare, Lake, Cal., Origin of, 6. 



Tundras, Origin of lakes on, 26. 



Twin lakes, Col., Origin of, 14. 



Tyrroll, J. B., Cited on ice-walls, 52. 



U. S. Fish Commission, Cited on fisheries of 



Laurentian lakes, 6. 

 Upham, Warren, Cited on Lake Agassiz, 7, 



104. 

 Cited on lakes Walden and Cochituate, 



17. 



Victoria Nyanza, Lake, Area of, 57. 

 Volcanic agencies, Lakes due to, 17-24. 

 Volcanic dust, Obstruction of drainage by, 4. 



Wakatipu, Lake, N. Z., Origin of, 15. 

 Walden, Lake, Mass., Origin of, 17. 

 Walker lake, Nev., Analysis of, 72. 

 Waller, E., Analysis of water of Great Salt 

 lake by, 81. 



