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RESCUING FISH FROM A MISSISSIPPI RIVER SWAMP 
On June i, 1915, this bayou covered ii acres, and on November 15, 1915, it had wasted away to a pool 35 feet by 50 feet and 14 inches deep in the deepest 
part. Some of the fishes had been seined out earlier in the season, but on the final clean-up 150,000 were rescued and removed to open water. They comprised more 
than ten species of food and game fishes, including 30,000 Catfish, 15,000 Crappie, 25,000 Sunfish, and 15,000 Buffalo-fish. 
