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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
of dead 'svater, wliere it was practicable to use the seine, hauls were made. Pickerel, 
measuriug from 6 to 10 inches long, Avere common. The young ones were frequently 
obseiwed rising to insects and leaves Avhich had fallen into the water. One dead chub 
was taken. About 4 miles below Meddybemps the river is about 30 yards wide, the 
temperature of the water being 55.5° F. on October 9. 
At the hrst quick Avater, about 6 miles below Meddybemps, a school of young 
alewives Avas seen, but none Avere secured. From this place frequent rips and rapids 
occur in the river along the remainder of its course. They are from a few yards to a 
mile in length, AAdth intervening reaches of quiet AAmter in Avhich Avater i)lants grow 
profusely. Trout are said to be common in all these rips. Frequent unsuccessful 
trials were made with hook and line, using minnoAvs and Avorms as bait. The seine 
also Avas used in suitable places, but AAuth no success until about 12 miles beloAA' Meddy- 
bemps. The last G miles Avere, for the most part, unsuitable, the Avater being deep, 
with abrupt banks or A’ery swift currents. On October 10, about 6 miles above Deunys- 
ville by river, a fcAV young pickerel Avere obtained from among weeds and lily pads, 
where the bottom Avas boggy, and young chubs and red-fluued minnoAvs Avere taken 
ou clay bottom Avith short grass and shalloAv Avater. Clark Eips are located about 5^ 
miles above Benuysville, at the foot of a long stretch of smooth, deep Avater. Over 
these rips the water flows Avitli considerable force, forming deep pools and eddies AAuth 
graA’elly bottoms behind large bowlders. In one of these eddies Ave succeeded AAuth 
some difficulty in making a haul of the seine. Three specimens of trout Avere 
obtained, tAvo of which Avere females about 10 inches long, Avith Avell-advanced but still 
immature ovaries; the other Avas about 6 inches long. The stomach of one contained 
a young alcAvife; the other caddis Avorms. Two young chubs were taken. The tem- 
perature of the Avater here Avas 50° F. 
About a mile beloAv Clark Eips, on Starters Eips, hue gravelly bottom, 1 young 
salmon, 4 inches long, and 1 red-tinned minnoAv were obtained. At the entrance of a 
narrow arm of the river, Avhich makes off a short distance beloAV this iilace and rejoins 
the river someAvhat farther down, there is a deep pool, Avith muddy bottom, lily pads, 
and boggy shore, from Avhich numerous simcimens of suckers, red-tinned minnows, 
chubs, and a few young alewives, 2^ to 2J inches long, Avere taken. Near the loAver end 
of Starters Eips, in a pool of a rivulet branching from the main channel through a 
gravel bed left dry by the Ioav water of this season, Ave took many specimens of suck- 
ers, red-fiuned minnows, black-nosed dace, and chubs. At the foot of Starters Eips, 
in about 2J feet of SAvift Avater, fine graAml bottom, 1 gravid female trout, about 13 
inches long, and 1 young chub Avere caught, the former being liberated at once. 
About 2 miles aboAm Dennysville, in a small coAm full of water idants, 5 pickerel, 
4 to 12 inches long, Avere obtained, together Avith larval insects, Avater bugs, snails, 
etc. The temperature of the Avater was found to be 54.5° F. Just below here a jam 
of logs, about 200 yards long, Avas encountered, preventing further progress in the 
canoe. Below this there were short rips and another small jam of logs. The rest of 
the river is comparatively smooth, Avith occasional bowlders in shallow Avater, until 
it reaches the millpond. BeloAV the mill the water again becomes rapid, and this char- 
acter obtains down to the salt water at Dennysville. The pond is about a half mile 
long and from 75 to 400 yards in Avidth. We Avere informed that pickerel, hornpouts, 
“roach” or “hogbacks” [Lei)omis gibbosus), and eels occur there. Large eels are said 
at times to be abundant in the river, following the young alewives down. 
