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BULLETIN OP THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
inches deep. In several places there are natural obstructions formed by drift. About 
a mile from the mouth it receives from a grassy flat filled with pools a small tributary 
on the left bank. This tributary was examined for one fourth of a mile in a general 
westerly direction and found to be simply a rill flowing between pools, with grassy 
banks about 5 feet apart. The bottom generally was sandy, with vegetable sediment 
in the pools. The water is dark, and discolors the main stream, which above is clear. 
The only records of Old Tom Stream available are for 1896 and 1807, and are 
taken from the cannery books at Loring: 
Year. 
Species. 
Dates. 
Number. 
1806 
Redfish 
.Tilly 9,7 tn A n£r Id. ... .... 
2, 310 
1, 925 
3, 000 
600 
1897 
Cohoes 
Redfish 
Sept. 1 to Sept. 16 
July 20 to Aug. 21 
Cohoes 
Sept. 1 to Sept. 10 
The Indians state that in 1896 about 4,000 redfish were taken from this stream, 
and that the tributary is a lake outlet. The party examining it found no lake, unless 
the pools and shallows form a lake during the 
rainy season. The annual yield of the stream is 
probably about 3,000 redflsb, averaging 5 pounds 
in weight. 
BROWN AND .JOHNSON STREAM. 
On the western shore of Skowl Arm, where it 
bends to the southward, and opposite the northern 
end of a large island, is the mouth of the Brown 
& Johnson Stream. It is about 1^ miles long, 30 
feet wide, and rises about 50 feet above high water 
to the lake of which it is the outlet. It flows in 
a general north-northeast direction from the lake, 
with a strong current, over a bottom which is 
generally rocky and bowldery, but in some places 
sandy and gravelly. It is comparatively free from 
natural obstructions. 
A few hundred yards within the mouth are 
the remains of a barricade of the usual construc- 
tion. The central poles have been removed or 
carried away, but could easily be replaced. 
About halfway up, the stream falls in a cataract 
8 feet high. The lake is approximately half a 
mile long by 400 yards wide. It lies in a marshy 
basin, though the center seems deep and there 
are some sloping sandy beaches. It is fed by 
small streams, with sandy and gravelly bottoms. 
At the head is a narrow inlet, but on account 
of having no facilities at hand it could not be 
examined. It may connect with another lake or 
with an entering stream. The volume of water at the outlet indicates there must be 
some large feeder. 
