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  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTK. 
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  ridges 
  of 
  granite 
  and 
  diorite 
  and 
  the 
  schists 
  of 
  the 
  Huronian 
  

   and 
  Laurentian 
  formations 
  turn 
  the 
  Escanaba 
  eastward 
  at 
  

   first, 
  while 
  the 
  Michigamme 
  cuts 
  across 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  rapids 
  and 
  waterfalls. 
  Swamps, 
  small 
  

   lakes 
  and 
  ponds 
  abound 
  among 
  the 
  hills, 
  and 
  the 
  aquatic 
  and 
  

   semi-aquatic 
  vegetation, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  that 
  characteristic 
  o( 
  the 
  

   forest 
  and 
  cliffs, 
  is 
  abundant 
  and 
  varied. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Michigamme, 
  near 
  which 
  a 
  fortnight 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  

   was 
  spent, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  lakes 
  of 
  the 
  Northern 
  Penin- 
  

   sula, 
  being 
  about 
  six 
  miles 
  long 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  

   wide, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  arm 
  stretching 
  southward. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  

   irregular 
  jn 
  form 
  and 
  has 
  several 
  beautiful 
  islands, 
  mostly 
  

   masses 
  of 
  dome-shaped 
  rock 
  covered 
  with 
  trees, 
  which 
  make 
  

   it 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  picturesque 
  of 
  the^se 
  lakes. 
  Great 
  ledges 
  o( 
  

   rock 
  frequently 
  abut 
  on 
  its 
  northern 
  shore, 
  the 
  southern 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  graded 
  slope 
  clothed 
  wdth 
  timber. 
  

  

  Much 
  of 
  this 
  region 
  has 
  been 
  overrun 
  by 
  fire, 
  as 
  the 
  bare 
  

   and 
  blackened 
  trunks 
  in 
  the 
  fields 
  and 
  woods 
  witness. 
  Much 
  

   of 
  what 
  the 
  fire 
  spared 
  has 
  fallen 
  before 
  the 
  axe 
  of 
  the 
  lum- 
  

   berman 
  and 
  the 
  charcoal' 
  burner, 
  for 
  the 
  demands 
  of 
  the 
  

   iron 
  industry 
  have 
  made 
  large 
  inroads 
  on 
  the 
  hardwood 
  tim- 
  

   ber._ 
  Abandoned 
  furnaces 
  and 
  coal-pits 
  show 
  that 
  this 
  part 
  o( 
  

   the 
  mdustry 
  has 
  gone 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  but 
  few 
  smelt- 
  

   mg 
  works 
  in 
  operation 
  in 
  the 
  Marquette 
  district. 
  Coal 
  has 
  

   supplanted 
  wood, 
  and 
  commercially 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  more 
  econom- 
  

   ical 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  ore 
  to 
  the 
  coal 
  than 
  to 
  bring 
  the 
  coal 
  to 
  the 
  

   ore. 
  _ 
  But 
  it 
  has 
  often 
  left 
  a 
  scene 
  of 
  desolation 
  wdiich 
  nature 
  

   is 
  trying 
  to 
  hide, 
  and 
  will 
  eventually 
  succeed 
  in 
  doing, 
  if 
  the 
  

   hres 
  are 
  kept 
  away, 
  by 
  reforesting 
  the 
  desolated 
  tracts. 
  Some 
  

   ot 
  the 
  better 
  land 
  along 
  the 
  streams 
  and 
  smoother 
  uplands 
  is 
  

   taken 
  for 
  agriculture 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  increasingly 
  appropriated, 
  

   andone 
  comes 
  upon 
  farms 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  in 
  a 
  fair 
  state 
  of 
  

   cultivation. 
  But 
  much, 
  from 
  its 
  very 
  ruggedness, 
  must 
  

   always 
  remain 
  for 
  woodland, 
  or 
  should 
  be 
  left 
  for 
  this 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  greater 
  profit 
  to 
  be 
  derived 
  from 
  it. 
  

   And 
  here 
  the 
  problem 
  of 
  wise 
  forestry 
  regulations 
  comes 
  in 
  

   tor 
  solution, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  economical 
  questions 
  

  

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  be 
  taken 
  in 
  hand 
  too 
  

  

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  o^ 
  the 
  states 
  interested, 
  and 
  the 
  welfare 
  o( 
  

  

  hose 
  who 
  shall 
  come 
  after 
  us. 
  It 
  will 
  take 
  a 
  century 
  or 
  more 
  

  

  to 
  replace 
  but 
  partiall3 
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