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Station 69. Elm, basswood, oak, hickory forest, Gaugars (near New 

 . Lenox), 37 miles southwest, Joliet So. Electric R.R. from 



Joliet or New Lenox. 



Station 70. Oak, hickory, beech, maple, Suman, Ind., near Station n. 

 Station 71. Beech and maple, Otis, Ind., L.S. & M.S. R.R., 50 miles 



southeast. 

 Station 710. Beech and maple, Sawyer, Mich., P.M. R.R., 73 miles 



east (4 miles southwest). 



Station Tib. Beech, maple, and hemlock, Sawyer, Mich., P.M. R.R., 

 73 miles east (i^ miles northwest). 



F. Secondary Communities 



Station 72. Roadsides, Flossmoor, 111., near Station 14. 



Station 73. South Haven, Mich, (see Station 24). 



Station 74. Stream contamination, Riverdale, 111., I.C. R.R., 17 miles 



south. 

 Station 75. Pasturing of forests, Beatrice, Ind., C.C. & L. R.R., 45 



miles southeast. 

 Station 76. The growth of a modern city, Gary, Ind.; many lines of 



transportation; 27 miles southeast. 



VII. LEGAL ASPECTS or FIELD-STUDY 



The student must recognize that legally, when he leaves the public 

 highway, he usually becomes a trespasser, even though he walks in a 

 stream bed or along a lake margin. Public property is scarce. Still, 

 since the cost of prosecution is far greater than the remuneration secured 

 by it in the way of damages, etc., even the most unreasonable owners 

 are not inclined to insist upon the enforcement of the laws concerning 

 trespassing. It should be borne in mind, however, that owners or 

 tenants are entitled to respect, and that as a usual thing they will not 

 object to the student's working on their property if they be treated with 

 courtesy. Damaging gates, fences, etc., should be carefully avoided, 

 and gates should be left as they are found. 



Small wild animals such as insects, snails, etc., are not property, 

 in the eyes of the law, and an owner would probably not be able to pre- 

 vent their removal from his land except by trespass procedure. Many 

 of the larger animals are considered as public property and are therefore 

 protected by law. In most states nearly all birds are protected by law. 

 It is usually legal to kill certain game birds in season, and certain con- 

 demned birds at all times. Game mammals are protected in accordance 

 with a similar plan. It is usually necessary that a license to shoot be 



