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and whose primary reasonsfor being in the forest are heyond dispute. 

 The raccoon, bear and skunk should also be Included here, altho flesh 

 Is in general a mindr article in their varied diet, which may in- 

 clude nuts, fruit and Insects, I'he shrews, which for their size 

 are extremely ferocious and destructive of small animals, also feed 

 on Insects and seeds, xhe moles are mainly Insectivorous and the 

 bats entirely so. 



Lastly, In this order of things, comes man, the ^erlcan 

 Indian In our forests, and because he possessed the power to reason, 

 he shaped tools to aid him In the competition for life, and be- 

 cameesupreme. He was, however, distinctly a part of the forest, 

 using what he needed for his existence and maintaining rather than 

 upsetting the balance of nature. 



'xhis brief review of the forest community and relationships 

 would not be complete without a mention of streams, which are closely 

 related to the forests, it Is an old saying that the forest is the 

 mother of rivers, and altho the exact Influence of forests on 

 springs and streams is still under dispute, it is universally recog- 

 nized that a forest cover decreases the surface run- off, and regu- 

 lates the flow of streams. 



xhe life of the streems should also be Included as a part of 



the forest communitjr, and there are certain forms which are typical 



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 of forest streams. Ntthe eastern brook trout prefers such streams, 



due partly to the cooling influence of the forest on the temperature 



of the water and to the absence of flood or of excessive sediment 



caused by erosion. The same order of dependence Is found here as 



