11.  And under that mantle of silence, wild brook trout tipped up their snouts and gently sipped tiny yellow mayflies from the surface of the black water.

12.  As snowflakes melted into the black water, Socolow and Provencher Wednesday went quietly about their business, making measurements every couple of feet along the Chestnut Street bridge.

13.  As the black water filled her lungs, and she died.

14.  Black water is water flushed from a toilet.

15.  Black water stands in the yard and in a ditch.

16.  A young woman, an Indian dancer, sits at the edge of a round pool of black water.

17.  Budget some time to hike the Sandhill Nature Trail or paddle a canoe along the black waters of the Lower Wekiva River State Preserve near Sanford.

18.  But since the black water appeared, few fish have been seen.

19.  Commercial fishermen who first spotted it in January have described it as black water, while others have characterized it as dark brown or brownish-green.

20.  Even as the temperature dropped, fog rose over what soft slushy ice is left, while the open black water belied the lateness of the winter season.