31s Notice of the Peninsula of Michigan. 
~ Fhe Rouse in this part of the level country, winds deep and 
slow between high banks from which the ground gradually 
Large sections of the alluvial plain, capable of being ren- 
dered tillable by draining, and extensively exposing the sur- 
face to the sun, will it is hoped at some future period, sup- 
por a dense and healthy population. The removal of tim- 
ber from streams, and the exhaustion of the vegetable accu- 
excavations, and the exclusion of stagnant surface water, 
contaminated by plants and decaying vegetables. 
Much of. the flat country I examined, bordering on the rivers 
Clinton and, Rouse, and the road to Pontiac, would if cleared, 
afferd a fine grazing region. Many cattle are now supporte 
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