General Notes. 



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In the portion of Jefferson Countj where the notes were taken, the 

 country is nearly level, with gentle undulations, and is traversed by Bark 

 and Rock Rivers. The streams make a sharp line between prairies and 

 openings on one side and heavy hard and soft-wood timber on the other. 

 Marshes trend along the streams, and shallow reedy ponds are common. 

 Compared with the vicinitj' of Ithaca, the farms are larger, the houses less 

 numerous, the orchards smaller, the woods and groves larger, and but 

 few trees stand in the fields. 



Route I led from a point about half a mile north of Bark River out 

 across cultivated fields. Routes 2 and 3 each led east from Rock River, 

 north of Jefterson, alternately through pieces of heavy timber and 

 across dry cultivated fields. Route 4 led from the Crayfish west upon the 

 prairie southwest of Aztelan, traversing dry treeless fields and leading 

 through two small groves. Route 5 led from the University buildings 

 west across the valley, leading through a pasture, through the north end 

 of the city, through the swamp, and up the railroad, bordered on one side 

 by cultivated fields, and by tangled thickets on the other. Route 6 led di- 

 rectly east from the campus to Varna, and then southwest along the rail- 

 road. On this trip only cultivated fields were crossed and one small piece 

 of woods traversed. Route 7 led up the valley from Ithaca along the east 

 side, and then across to Enfield Falls. On this tramp we passed in turn 

 along the railroad, bordered with small scattering thickets on both sides, 

 across the inlet through low fields, and then past cultivated fields and 

 small pieces of woods. Route 8 lay ten miles east of Ithaca, and led from 

 McLean off to the southeast of Dryden, and then through Drj'den to Free- 

 \ille. A branch of Fall Creek was crossed twice, and. with the exception 

 of a small marsh near F^reeville, only cultivated fields and small pieces of 

 wood were passed. 



