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with the dirt being more or less damp. ,

5-24-35!
Beautiful day in every respect.

3-26-37
Picked up a nice Scarabidae(10) on sidewalk on way to upper campus.
Wo activity end acted as if it had been stung. Find the Dipter emerg-
ine from the manure pile. The superficial layer appears to be suitable
for hatghing purposes.

3-27-57

First day of active field work on Ichthyology Research problem of the
Distribution of Utah Gounty Fish. The purpose today wes to collect re-~
presentative material to use as a comparison for any subsequent collect-
ing. Wilmer Tamer, Burton Hunt, Sid Boyle and myself constituted a
party of feebly experienced ichthyologists seeking evidence to prove 134
all. We proposed to spend the forenoon at the mouth of Prove River but .
on arrival found that it would not be feasible to seine because of un-

controllable high waters. ‘hile we felt a keen dissapointment it was
as nothing compared to our thrill in seeing again the rapidly rising
waters of a lake thet has experienced near extinction only the summer
before. Doubly encouraging too, when reversing our position to adjust
our vision upon the distant Wasateh Mts. to see the white covered peaks
with their potential waters along with the assurance Of 8 more e¢-
equate habitat for our drought-worried fish. The rising waters and
abundant snows impregésed me. with the feeling of a returning friend from
exile. The water at the mouth of the river wes unusually clear for

this abnormal flow of water. Failing to make arrangements for boats

at Mr. Milt Jacques, we boared feithful ‘ligzy' and worked up stream

in quest of gentler flowing waters. Had in mind a permanent creék
situalted at the terminal of the old Provo bench delta. rising from the
many springs located. here. This ereek is elso supplied with weter from
the canal which leads around the base of the delta. The fluctuations

of the source from the canal causes undue disturbances within the creek
proper. The water is at all times clear except es it is influenced os
by occaisional maddy waters from the canal. The food is very abundant.
The upper end of its course is thickly populated with water cress and
other water plants with their accompaning life of invertebrate insects.
In a shallow hole immediately below where the canal ushers in its
supply of water we took the following species all associated with one
another within a 20 foot length of the stream bed. One(28) sun fish;
one mud sucker, Pantosteus platyrhynchos; one leke sucker, Catastomus
fecundus; 5 Brown trout, Salmo fairio; and one carp, Cyprinus carpho; :
also two sizverside minnows, Richardsonius hydrophlox. The species
were concealed under the protection of overhingin g tree roots and
follen trees, being forced into the net only efter vigorously &nd
thoroughly probing with a long stick.. A trail leads to the hole and
probably accouts for the waryiness of the fish. A Belostomatidae(12)
was collected in our net at this point being dislodged form its abode
under an accumulation of limbs end debris entanglement in the center
of the creek. Placed it in the same formulin solution as used for

killing *ish specimens. While the solution was certain death to all >
the fish it only appeared to reenergize. the water bug. Attacked the
stream at several other points but without success, so abandoned the 2

part.of the river bottoms and heeded spstream again to the Provo Brick
and Tile Go. Mr. Sidney Belmont informed us that clear lake was our
best bet for collecting the different species. ‘e meade @ very interest- -
ing statement to the effect that trout have certain colors and condit-
dams of flesh according to the type of food eaten. ‘When eating their
mormal food ob Bugs end aquatic life the flesh is yellow, when feeding
on prepared flesh of other fish, such as carp ground up, the flesh