44 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



greens, generally spruce, predominate. Sapling township, 

 Taunton and Raynham, and Sandwich, appear mostly, except 

 for the Blue Eidge, to be of the same general character. 

 Such notes as these, supplemented by inquiry, were all that 

 could be obtained as to many of these towns. They could 

 not all be personally explored. But inquiry, directed tow^ard 

 the original character of the country and its growth, the history 

 of cutting, and whenever it seemed likel}^ to be profitable, the 

 standing timber on the land, discloses much that it is highly 

 desirable to know. It may not only tell us the amount of 

 merchantable timl)er now standing, but, checked by the 

 careful study of simihir areas, permits a judgment to l)e 

 formed as to the growing powder of the land. 

 Moose Coming to the Moose river via the old Canada 



River. road through Parlin Pond one gains a tolerable view 



of })art of the upper Moose river. Large water areas are to 

 be seen. A burn crossed north of Parlin Pond is followed 

 by another in southern Jackman, from which Jackman settle- 

 ment and a large part of Long Pond, Moose Kiver, Dennis 

 and Attean townships come into view. Here is a great con- 

 trast to be noted with Nos. Ill and IV. The growth here 

 appears to be largely hard wood. The country was in fact 

 originally well spruced, but the large coniferous timber hav- 

 ing been cut out, what small stuff there is left makes but a 

 small showing when the cover is viewed from outside. That 

 thei'e was originall}" a good stand of spruce is learned from 

 several sources. Cuts of 100 millions have been made off 

 some Moose river tow^ns, while the stumps and looks of the 

 growth inside, and the liberal amount of young s[)ruce found 

 nearly everywhere that I travelled, is the best of evidence to 

 the same effect. And there are great advantages in this kind 

 of growth — mixed spruce and hard woods — one of which, com- 

 parative freedom of culled growth from damage hy winds,, 

 will be at once inferred from what has gone before. 

 Arivantages 'j^i^(j Moosc rivcr is a rapid-growing country, 



oi ftloose 1 o o t/ 



River. Underneath it for the most part are slaty rocks ^ 



such as produce soil of moderate fertility, and which them- 



