On e:k^uialng this &re a crliioally It wau found that there were three 
lalces of permanent water of fair aize* The first of these ^own as Long Lake 
was the fartheM north, lying at the northern end of the lake region. This 
lake was about three-quarters of a mile long and from 50 to 125 yaxxls wide. 
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It was grown with aifaatio Tegetation save for a small open space at the 
eastern end. ;iix miles south in a broad opening lay Be-e-khet-hum-nes, the 
largest permanent lake here, with a length. of a mile and a breadth of naif 
a mile. It was grown with vegetation save for an area of 160 acressin the 
southern end. Five miles farther south was To-teh-khih of Blaok Lake which 
was at the tizne one half mile long by one-eighth mile broad. It was nearly 
covered by aquatic growth. All of the lakes examined were swampy and ranged 
at the present time from 18 Mdhss to 4 feet deep and 1 was able to wade 
through them without trouble. In late summer and fall all were much more 
extensive. The beds of several other lakes were examined that were as large 
as these but that had better drainage and ^parently were filled only during 
wet weather, dome of the smaller lakes in the woods were open but most of them 
ware grown with aquhliovegetation. Theie were Innumerable small hollows 
everywhere that from all appearances held water when it was ruining but that 
now were dry. These had a belt of grass around the margin then an area of 
Eleocl^iaria . all closely cropped while the center was usuall,/ dried blaok mud. 
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The center was ueually dried black mud. The entire surface vqs almost uni- 
versally cut up into hollows and hummocks by horse and cattle tracks made 
while the mud was soft. 
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The region is one of strong, sweeping winds and has a ounsiderable ' 
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rainfall, dmall showers oaiae daily during the x^riod of this work and the 
heavy driving rains of summer and fall ware not faraway 
