1904 | BRIEFER ARTICLES 141 
The vanishing percentum of surviving forest is thus practically even 
less than it appears. 
From the settlement of the country until at least 1887 practically 
no creeks went dry, though there was a noticeable lowering. Since 
that time, according to the map, the water courses that are dry during 
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MAP OF PART OF GREEN COUNTY, WIS. Original forest. 
eS Timber twenty years ago. 
LEGEND: Timber in September 1902. 
Flowing creeks. 
Creeks which have gone dry. 
the entire summers or longer amount to 29% miles in Monroe, 1034 
miles in Jordon, 714 miles in Cadiz, and 1734 miles in Clarno, a total 
