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a foot or two of variation in 200 or 300 yards. The water in 

 the deeper ones is very clear, while in the shallow ones it is 

 colored like swamp water, their bottoms consisting of soft 

 vegetable mud to an unknown depth. I have no doubt tnat 

 the filling up process now going on in them has converted 

 many former lakes into our present swamps, and greatly 

 reduced the size of others." 



The wisdom and justness of this last remark of Mr. Under- 

 wood's, founded on intelligent observation, is sufficiently 

 patent to any one who has studied the structure of lakelets 

 and their surroundings. 



Eighteen lakelets of considerable size are to be found in 

 Preston, those not previously mentioned being : 



Big Hickory Pond, Preston, 1950' 



Little Hickory " " 2000' 



Bone " 2000' 



Independent " " 1950' 



Pointed " " 1975' 



Five Mile " " 1975' 



Belmont Lake, " 1950' 



Chehocton Pond, " 1775' 



Beaver " " — 



In other townsliips of Wayne. 



A. T. 



Lizard Lake, Buckingham, 1250' 



Preston " " — 



Dillon's " " — 



Adam's " " 1300' 



Carr's " " 1425' 



High " " — 



Belmont " Mt. Pleasant, 1950' 



Bigelow " " — 



Mud Pond « — 



Bock Lake " 1600' 



Miller's Pond " — 



Upper Woods Pond, Lebanon, 1500' 



Lower " " " 1450' 



Buck Harbor " «« 1350' 



Rose " " — 



Niles " " — 



Cline " Damascus, 



Galilee " " — 



Swag " » _ 



Laurel Lake " 1205' 



Gorham " " — 



Spruce " Oregon, — 



Lovelace " " — 



