This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 edition. Excerpt: ... on a sixty mile run down the river. Roscommon county is one of the high counties of this part of the State. The Muskegon, the Tittabawasse and the South Branch all have their sources here. This county consists of high ridges and plains, formerly covered with white pine (Finns strobns), Norway pine (Finns resinosa Ait.), jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.), some hemlock (Tsuga canadensis, Linn.), yellow birch (Bclnla lulca Michx. f.), and paper birch (Bctula papyrifera Marsh.). While floating uown the river I saw spruce (Picca alba, Link.), balsam fir (Abies balsamca Linn.), and great swamps of tamarack (Lari.v amcricana Michx.), Fig. 1. Site of the first known nest of Kirtland's Warbler. Oscoda Co., Mich. The view also shows the general character of country. white cedar (Chamaccyparis thyoides Linn.), balm of Gilead (Populus balsamijera Linn.), basswood (Tilia amcricana Linn.) and red maple (Acer rubrum Linn.). I noticed also the white elm (Ulmus amcricana Linn.) and a few black ash (Fraximts nigra Marsh.). The river here is from three to four rods wide with a sandy, gravelly bottom and the current is quite swift. In places the banks are high and covered with Norway and jack pine. The ground is covered with a thick growth of sweet-fern (Comptonia asplenifolia, Ait.) and blue-berry bushes (I'accinium), with occasional plants of the dwarf morning-glory (Convolvulus spithamaeus L.), harebell (Campanula rotundifolia L.), and the wood lily (Lilium philadclphicum L.). This country is wild and very interesting, and the songs of many birds cheered mc, as with note-book in hand I floated along. I saw a hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus Linn.) with her brood of young. These yotmg were not able to fly; but they tried it, and by using both feet...