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The North Fork at Saltville is somewhat larger than either of the other branches at 
the localities examined. It was seined at the ford, about a mile north of Saltville, 
and in different places for about one-quarter mile above the ford and nearly a mile 
below it. The best collecting ground is at the ford itself. Lower down, the river can 
hardly be seined at all, its bottom being covered with large rocks, which have fallen 
from a high bluff on a bend of the river. The stream is moderately swift, not very 
clear, the water warm. In some places large numbers of water plants grow, forming 
lurking places for small fishes. This is a fair locality for making collections, and two 
or three new species have been described from this locality by Professor Cope. Spe- 
cies from the North Fork are marked N. 
5. Beaver Creeic near Bristol, Teun. August 10; temperature 79°. Seined at a 
point about 4 miles south of the town of Bristol, where the stream approaches the main 
road. A small, clear tributary called Cedar Creek was also examined, but nothing of 
special interest found. Beaver Creek is a rather small stream, about 15 feet wide, 
shallow, and swift. At the locality examined are many smooth, fiat rocks inclined at 
angles. Over these the stream slides in small water-falls interspersed by shallow pools. 
The stream is warm and rather muddy, fiowing mostly through open pastures. Its 
fauna is scanty, and it was probably less worthy of a visit than any other stream ex- 
amined by us. Species from Beaver Creek are marked B. 
6. Watauga River from Elizabethton to Watauga Point, Tenn. August 11 ; tem- 
perature 79°. The Watauga is a large tributary of the Holston, having, like the 
French Broad, its rise in the plateau of western North Carolina. Its headwaters are 
cold mountain streams, which abound in trout. At Elizabethton it is a considerable 
river, with a very rough bottom, often crossed by dam-like ridges of perpendicular 
rocks. In the shallow places the current is swift, and in the deep still stretches the 
bottom is so covered with ooze and sawdust that the net can not be used. The water 
is warm and not very clear, being stained red by the clay soils of the region. It is 
well stocked with fishes, its channel especially having very large darters. It is, how- 
ever, a stream not easily worked. Collections were made at all suitable points from 
the mouth of Doe River, in Elizabethton, to the mouth of Buffalo Creek. Fishes 
from the Watauga are marked W. 
7. Doe River at Elizabethton. August 11 ; temperature 78°. Doe River, near its 
mouth in Elizabethton, is a very clear stream, having its source in the flanks of Roan 
Mountain. Its waters are warm, and its bottom is covered with large round bowlders 
and shingle brought down from the mountains. These rocks have no river weed or 
other vegetation, and there are but few fishes among them. For so attractive a stream 
Doe River is a very disappointing one. The absence of darters is doubtless due to the 
absence of bottom vegetation. Fishes from this stream are marked D. 
1. Noturus miurus (Jordan). N. 
Not rare in the weeds above the ford. The specimens are quite large and the 
color is rather pale. In general they agree with Indiana examples. 
2. Leptops olivaris (Rafinesqne). W. 
Large yellow-cats are taken in the deep channels of all the branches of the Holston. 
The specimens seen by us were from the Watauga. 
3. Catostomus teres (Mitchill). S., M., G., B., W. 
Common. 
