and elm, with an occa-
sional mixture of other trees. And similar timber was the growth
of a similar swamp in New Haven, and another in Shoreham. On
the flat lands on the border of the lake, the original timber was
pine, oak, soft maple, black ash, and some other trees in smaller
numbers. On the western slope of the mountain were a few patches
of pine, and in other parts of the mountainous region were fine
groves of maple, beach, birch, black cherry and hemlock, and a very
handsome growth of spruce, which has become an important article
for building and for exportation. In other parts west of the moun-
tains were considerable tracts of pine and oak. Besides these the
principal trees were maple, beach, ash, basswood, butternut, walnut
and hemlock. The large quantities of pine and oakhave been so
freely used for building and for exportation, that they have already
become scarce and high in price.
In the western part of the County, the lands on the borders of the
lake, especially in the towns of Bridport, Addison and Panton, are
greatly deficient in water. There are no considerable running
streams, except the dead streams we have mentioned. The living
water from springs is very limited ; and some of these are so strongly
impregnated with Epsom Salts, that the inhabitants have evaporated
the water to procure the salts for medicine. It is said that cattle
are fond of the water, and that the springs were much visited by
the deer before the settlement of the country. In some parts the
inhabitants are obliged to resort, to a great extent, to rain water for
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