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from the true north, it coincides with the map. Being marked from 0° to 360°, merely 

 a number has to be telephoned to give the bearing. The maps of the superintendent 

 and wardens are readily arranged so as to give the line of sight as telephoned from 

 the station. 



A new man can report a fire correctly at once instead of requiring days or weeks 

 to become familiar with the landmarks. This is especially important; for, with the 

 increased number of stations, some observers are sure to give out at the height of a 

 fire season, and a substitute ordinarily cannot do efficient work. 



for another. In contrast to this, the lookout watchman is where 

 he constantly commands a wide expanse of country; he has his 

 instruments of precision right at hand and can give notice more 

 accurately and promptly than the patrolman. 



Different plans are being experimented .with for the use of 

 the watchman. That adopted by New Hampshire, the Eric 

 Outlook System, is giving very good satisfaction ; with tele- 

 phone connection ; field glasses ; and an outlook table having an 

 oriented map, azimuth circle, panorama, and alidade. This, sup- 

 plemented by secondary stations with simpler tables to be used 

 in thick weather and times of extreme danger, and by maps with 

 attached protractors and threads, in the hands' of the wardens, 

 enables the fire fighting force to be put in the field quickly and 

 where needed. 



At the risk of being charged with the desire to advertise the 

 apparatus, I may be allowed to quote from a letter by one of the 

 watchmen forwarded by the State Forester of New Hampshire: 



"We have found the panoramic map sent to us for locating 

 fires of the greatest value in locating forest fires of any appara- 

 tus supplied as yet. Its simplicity and accuracy can not be too 

 highly complimented. Every detail necessary in locating the most 

 obscure places seems to be included in our maps. The concentric 

 circles, drawn on the scale of every mile, enables the operator 

 to calculate the shortest possible distances. This feature of the 

 map is especially useful when the watchman wishes to inform 

 the warden of the location of the fire with respect to a certain 

 point with which the warden is more familiar than the watch- 

 man." 



I may add that the New Hampshire Forestry Commission has 

 adopted this system. 



Main outlook stations, manned the whole season, have the Eric 

 Outlook Table, twenty-six inches in diameter, .fixed in position, 



