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Show 4639 Kirkpatrick- D 2653 and flood waters, will often be found above the principal water level, and separated from the latter by the storm or flood beach; another less evidence escarpment will often be found at the average low- water level, especially of lakes, the lower escarpment being separated from the principal escarpment by the normal beach or shore. While these questions properly belong to the realm of geology, they should not be overlooked in the survey of a meander line. " Where native forest trees are found in abundance bordering bodies of water, those trees showing evidence of having grown under favorable site conditions will be found accurately belted along contour lines; thus a certain class of mixed varieties common to a particular region will be found only on the lands seldom if ever overflowed; another group of forest species will be found on the lands which are inundated only a small portion of the growing season each year, and indicate the area which should be included in the classification of the uplands; other varieties of native forest trees will be found only within the sons of swamp and overflowed lands. All timber growth normally ceases at the margin of permanent water. " 228. At every point where either standard, township or section lines intersect the bank of a |