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generous. The problem that confronted the writer was 

 to discover the cause or causes for the obvious failure of 

 this lake to support an abundance of fish after these thirty 

 years of restocking. 



In the study of the life of any given body of water or 

 area of land, a number of fundamental relationships have 



to be established before an effective detailed study can 

 be made. After examining the conditions in several 

 Adirondack ponds and lakes, the writer felt the necessity 

 of examining the broader aspects of the problem with 

 the hope that such a study might reveal some of the 



