B12 _ Notice of the Peninsula of Miciugan. 
On the ee and Raisin there is much good iad) and bu 
ettlemen 
t of the course of the Maumee isin Michi- 
patios through a Tich, but a unhealthy region. 
¢ andusky Bay, is located one of the 
ton ge swamps of the westerh <Bcitatry The cli- 
f eninsula is affected by ontiguous: deep water, 
a of ihe county ~The autumn is usual- 
3 ir 
warm vapours from the lakes. The weather 
‘emacs rarely continues long; spring is 
and frosts occur until May, resulting from 
of the lakes, and ice ontheir borders. ~ 
forests situate on low and generally wet ote elm, 
ore, ohite: oak, bass, and ere are the pa pant 
ee a 
aE 
‘On drier rich soil, hickory, black walnut, butternut, ‘ash, 
nd varieties s of oak, are common. Chest tnut is = rare oc- 
ny valuable forests of white pine. Thi 
: the Peninsula, except: in the pies 
is the wredominant timber in extensive trac 
ing a 
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