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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
CHOLMONDELEY SOUND AND KITHllAUM STREAM. 
Cbolinoudeley SoidkI is the next body of water to tbe northward. Here there is 
but one I'ed-salmon stream, those entering the heads of the other arms and inlets 
carrying only a few cohoes, humpbacks, and dog salmon. 
Kithraum Stream flows into the head of the narrow inlpt about 2 miles long that 
makes to the southward and eastward of Dora Bay, Oholmoudeley Sound. It is 
about half a mile long and 15 feet wide, flowing with a strong current in a general 
northwest direction from a lake of which it is the outlet. The bottom and banks are 
rocky, and from its general appearance a large amount of water is discharged during 
the rainy season. 
The outlet at the lake is badly choked by drift. Fo evidences o^" barricading 
were found. There are two lakes, each about a mile long and a half to three-quarters 
of a mile wide. The first is joiued to a second by a passage about 60 yards across 
and extending in a general southeast and northwest direction. The lakes are 
surrounded by high, snow-covered mountains. The second lake has an outlet or wide 
passage at its southwest end, which was choked and prevented further examination 
in the very small canoe at our service. There was also a heavy jam of timber in the 
connecting passage. The inlet in the southwest end may lead to a third lake or 
receive an entering stream, but nothing could be seen. The waters of the lakes 
