2 5 S 



THE FORESTER. 



November, 



up or 



prevent the springs from dryin 

 largely diminishing in their flow. It is a 

 fact that is well known, and about which 

 there can be no controversy, that, in the 

 early settlement of the Atlantic States, 

 many streams, and even creeks, that were 

 clear and deep and in whose channels 



flowed large volumes of water, from the 

 denudation of the timber from the ad- 

 joining hills and valleys, directly ceased 

 to flow, or flowed only at long intervals 

 during the lainy seasons, after the land 

 was cleared up and the settlements became 

 thick. 



An Official Map of Arizona. 



