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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Osmerm mordax, young or very small translucent specimens, said to attain no 
larger size here, were common. In the lake, where they are abundant, landlocked 
salmon and togue feed upon them exteusively. Sahno salar sehcf(jo, young, 3 to 5 
inches long, were taken with the other fishes; one mature male, weighing 5 pounds, 
and one 8 inches long, were jigged below the bridge. Fuiiditlns dicqdianiis were abun- 
dant. A few young pickerel {Lucius reticuJatus) were taken in a small pool at the 
mouth of a rivulet which enters the stream near the rijis; Semotilus, Rhiuichthys, and 
young landlocked salmon were present with them. An occasional sea salmon {Sahno 
salar) has been taken in Grand Lake Stream. Mr. Eose, a resident of that place, has 
a drawing of one which weighed 94 pounds, caught a few years ago. 
There is a tannery, with a small sawmill adjacent, on the bant of Grand Lake 
Stream, Just below the foot of Grand Lake. We were told that no refuse is now thrown 
i)ito the stream from either of these establishments, although such was the case 
formerly. This statemeut is probably not entirely correct. Sawdust and tau bark 
were observed in some places along the river, and a large delta which was formed in 
Big Lake at the mouth of Grand Lake Stream was composed of the latter material. 
On October 20, Just above Little Falls, in a quiet place by the side of the rapids, 
where the bottom was composed of sand and sawdust, in several hauls of the seine 
made at short intervals, the following tishes were taken : 
Caiostomiis teres. Two to 3 inches long ; abuiidaut. ! Osmerus mordax. A few small specimens like those 
Rotrojjis megalops. Two inches long ; common. j taken in the stream above. 
Bhinichihys atroiiasns. Common. { Fiindulus diagjhanus. Few. 
Semotilus biiUaris. A few small specimens. \ Pygosteiis pungitius. “Pinfish;” few. 
Lucius reticulatus. Small; common. | 
Many landlocked salmon were seen in deeper water, and one young example, 
about 4 inches long, was caught. Some insect larvte were taken with the fishes. 
Gardiner Brook, fiowing into Big Lake near the mouth of Grand Lake Stream, 
contains many small trout. Two were obtained about half a mile above the lake, a 
male! inches long and a female (1 inches long, both ripe and emitting spawn and milt. 
Big Lake differs somewhat in character from Grand Lake, being shorter, nar- 
rower, and shallower, having a maximum depth of about GO feet. The shores and 
bottom are rocky to a great extent, but the bowlders seem smaller than at Grand Lake. 
More weedy, muddy, and sandy places occur, especially about some of the islands 
Avhich exist in both Grand and Big lakes. The water of Big Lake, as well as of the 
remainder of the chain below, is turbid and of a reddish hue. Hornpouts, suckers, 
minnows, chubs, smelts, white perch, etc., are said to abound. White perch are often 
seen in schools at the surface, pursuing smelts. Long and Leweys lakes are smaller 
and more weedy and mnddy than Big Lake, but contain about the same kinds of fish. 
On October IS, about half a mile above the mouth of Grand Lake Stream, in 
shallow water, a few young chubs {/Semotilus bullaris) were taken. On October 20 
several hauls of the seine were made on an island at the upper end of Big Lake, on a 
small sandy beach overgrown with rushes. One iierch {Perea flavescens) and some 
gastropods and fresh-water mussels were obtained. Again, on Stone Island, at the 
lower end of the lake, on sandy and gravelly bottom, one young Fundulus diaplianus 
was obtained. Fresh-water mussels were abundant. The temperature of the water 
at this place was 51-5° F. Just below the narrows in Big Lake one yonng sunfish 
{ Lepomis gibbosus) and a few tadpoles were taken. 
