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The following places are located for convenience in referring to different 

 parts of the shore line and lake : The town of Syracuse lies on the west side of 

 Syracuse Lake near Turkey Creek, the outlet of the lake. Pickwick Park is on 

 the north shore of the main lake a half mile east of the channel. Eppert's is 

 1,000 feet east of Pickwick Park, and nearly a half mile further east is Jones' 

 Landing. Three-fourths of a mile east of Jones' Landing is Wawasee. Jarrett's 

 Landing is at the middle of the southern extremity of Jarrett's Bay. Vawter 

 Park is a half mile west of Clark's Point and directly south of Wawasee. The 

 laboratory of the Indiana University Biological Station is located on the shore of 

 the lake near the west end of Vawter Park. 



TOPOGRAPHY OP THE BOTTOM. 



The data from which the topography of the bottom has been determined con- 

 sist of numerous soundings taken throughout the lake between June 29 and Au- 

 gust 21, 1895. The water was very low during this period. For our purpose we 

 may consider all soundings taken when the lake had the level of July 6, 1895. 

 This level has been marked and is used for a bench line from which to read the 

 fluctuations in level . On August 21 the lake had receded 5 inches from this level. 

 Soundings were taken along 28 lines in the main lake and 4 lines in Syracuse 

 Lake. These soundings were taken about 300 feet apart along all lines. Where 

 water deeper than 60 feet was found, numerous soundings were made to determine 

 the extent of such areas. Below is given the number and location of each line 

 along which soundings were taken, except No. 3 and No. 9 in the main lake, 

 neither of which was used in drawing contour lines or in computing average 

 depth. 



