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few sink holes, the gorge below the open- 

 ing of Shawnee cave, and two places 

 where the roof of the cave has collapsed 

 and exposed the cave stream. The 

 bottom of the gorge at the mouth of 

 Shawnee cave is 105 ft. below the road 

 above it. Most of the original flora 

 remains and as a result includes several 

 plants generally regarded as rare in this 

 region. Hahn has discussed the verte- 

 brates of the farm . Elevation &S5-570 ft. 

 MitchellJ, B. & O. S.-W. R. R. and 

 Monon R. R. (a) or (w) to farm 3 mi. 

 east.— Will Scott. 



Grassy Creek. (D3.) This creek is 

 a drainage line between the Barbee 

 Lakes and Tippecanoe Lake. It is 

 bordered by a narrow marsh that cannot 

 be drained or pastured. Full of marsh 

 plants and aquatics, marsh wrens, red 

 wunged black birds, rails, herons, bit- 

 tern, muskrats and several species of 

 turtles. Not preserved but cannot be 

 damaged much on account of the lakes 

 that it connects. Can be reached by 

 boat from Tippecanoe LakeJ or Kuhn's 

 Landing on Barbee Lakes. Boats may 

 also be obtained at a bridge on a cross 

 road just below Saw-mill Lake which is 

 the lowest one of the Barbee group. 

 Elevation about 800 ft. 



Leesburg, Big Four R. R. or Winona 

 Traction, (a) to Tippecanoe Lake 4 

 mi. or Kuhn's Landing 8 mi. east. — 

 Will Scott. 



The Knobstone Area. (D3.) Brown' 

 County together with the Eastern part 

 of Monroe and Laurence and the north- 

 west part of Jackson form the most 

 typical and least disturbed part of this 

 area. Much of this region is covered 

 with second growth timber. Different 

 parts are burned over almost every year 

 so that excellent material is furnished for 

 the study of succession. The trailing 

 arbutus and other rather rare plants oc- 

 cur in certain sections of it. Most of 

 the remaining species of mammals and 

 land birds of the state are to be found. 

 Elevation 650-950 ft. 



Helmsburg, III. Cent. R. R. 6 mi. (a) 

 to Nashvillet. Both in Brown County.— 

 Will Scott. 



The Cave Region. This lies whoUj- 

 in the Mitchell Limestone and includes 

 parts of the following counties; Munroe, 

 Lawrence, Orange, Washington, Harri- 

 son, the Crawford. The following four 

 caves are typical and easily reached. 



Mayfields Cave. A small cave 5 mi. 

 northeast of Bloomington, J mi. in 

 length. Banta, 1907, has described the 



fauna. A dozen other small caves may 

 be reached from Bloomington. 



Bloomington. 111. Cent. R. R. Monon 

 R. R. 



**Shawnee Cave. {Donaldson Cave). 

 (D3.) Located on University Farm 

 described above. Two mi. have been 

 mapped which is about as far as it is 

 possible to go. Canvas boat is necessary 

 for any extended examination. Blind 

 fish, blind crayfish, blind isopods, beetles, 

 spiders, cave salamanders. Part of the 

 fauna has not been worked up. Location 

 same as University Farm. 



Marengo Cave. (D3.) This is a "show 

 cave" about ^ mi. long. It is listed 

 because of the ease with which it can 

 be explored. 



Marengo, Crawford County. Southern 

 R. R. 



Wyandotte Cavet- (D3.) Rivals Mam- 

 moth Cave in extent. Three routes. 

 Longest six hours walking. Guides at 

 the cave. These are necessary. The 

 cave has never been mapped and the 

 fauna has never been collected in any- 

 thing like completeness. 



One of the interesting features of the 

 cave region is the solution ponds that 

 form above the underground drainage 

 lines. They exhibit great variety in age, 

 size, depth, surroundings and biota. 



Corydon Harrison County, Southern 

 R. R. 12 mi. west {a,).—Will Scott. 



The vicinity of New Harmony, Indiana 

 (D3) 



This is classic ground, and for that 

 reason if for no other ought to be repre- 

 sented by a suitable reservation. It 

 would, in fact, be my second choice. 

 New Harmony was the residence, and 

 base of activity, of Thomas Say, Le Seure, 

 and other well-known naturalists, and 

 is the type-locality of many species of 

 fishes, turtles, insects and moUusks. 

 The Prince Maximilian von Wied resided 

 there during one entire winter, and 

 published much valuable information on 

 the plants and animals of the vicinity in 

 his celebrated work Reise durch Nord- 

 amerika. — Robert Ridgivay. 



Buzzards Roost. There has been con- 

 siderable agitation for a Dune Park 

 near Chestertin (North) a state reserva- 

 tion, and this worthy project should be 

 put through so as to preserve for all time 

 some of this unique and interesting area, 

 as a recreational and educational re- 

 source for the citizens. A large section 

 of typical cypress swamp near Vincennes 



