ILLUSTRATIONS 

 PLATE FACING PAGE 



XIII. Fig. 1. — View showing young forest, recently burned over, near 



Springfield 236 



Fig. 2. — View showing culled forest and waste in logging near 

 Surrattsville 236 



FIGUKE PAGE 



1. Diagram showing ideal arrangement of the various terrace forma- 



tions in the Maryland Coastal Plain 79 



2. Map showing stations from which meteorological data are dis- 



cussed 189 



3^ Diagram showing discharge of the Patuxent River at Laurel, 1896- 



1898 212 



