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... acre farm on . There was an occasional strip of sedge - covered marsh along the streams ; an open bog had here and there taken the place of a former lake . The few small clearings made by the Indians were hardly worth counting . Thus ...
... acre farm on . There was an occasional strip of sedge - covered marsh along the streams ; an open bog had here and there taken the place of a former lake . The few small clearings made by the Indians were hardly worth counting . Thus ...
Page 31
... acre than one stocked with young ones . But the crown canopy may be just as dense , and the amount of timber contained in it is apt to be far higher . It would require a volume by itself to describe in detail the manifold conditions ...
... acre than one stocked with young ones . But the crown canopy may be just as dense , and the amount of timber contained in it is apt to be far higher . It would require a volume by itself to describe in detail the manifold conditions ...
Page 50
... acre piece of forest , and there is some truth in the statement . On account of the many fallen trunks one has to climb over or go around , and in places the dense underbrush , it is very difficult to keep one's direction . An ...
... acre piece of forest , and there is some truth in the statement . On account of the many fallen trunks one has to climb over or go around , and in places the dense underbrush , it is very difficult to keep one's direction . An ...
Page 57
... acres in extent , that would hardly be noticed in the vast expanse of woods . The idea that the area of this forest could ever be diminished by human hands to any appreciable extent , so that people would become afraid of not having ...
... acres in extent , that would hardly be noticed in the vast expanse of woods . The idea that the area of this forest could ever be diminished by human hands to any appreciable extent , so that people would become afraid of not having ...
Page 89
... acres of woodland annually con- verted into other forms of plant association . However , for such an understanding it is neces- sary first to get rid of a number of vague and erroneous notions that are widely prevalent among people ...
... acres of woodland annually con- verted into other forms of plant association . However , for such an understanding it is neces- sary first to get rid of a number of vague and erroneous notions that are widely prevalent among people ...
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