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about twelve miles from east to west, and including also about 

 ten townships in the northwestern corner of Illinois. The 

 portion of this lead region in Wisconsin includes about sixty- 

 two townships. The entire lead region, then, comprehends 

 about eighty townships, or two thousand eight hundred and 

 eighty square miles ; being about one-third larger than the 

 State of Delaware. The extreme length of this lead region, 

 from east to west, is eighty-seven miles ; and its greatest 

 width, from north to south, is fifty-four miles. 



" The boundary of this region commences on the Missi- 

 sippi River, where the south line of township eighty-seven 

 north, range four east of the fifth principal meridian, crosses 

 that stream immediately below the mouth of the Little Tete 

 des Morts ; and runs thence six miles due west, thence six 

 miles north, thence six miles west, thence northwest diago- 

 nally through township eighty-eight, range two east, and town- 

 ship eighty-nine, range one east, both of the fourth [fifth] prin- 

 cipal meridian, until the line strikes the fifth principal meridian, 

 where the line dividing tow^nships eighty-nine and ninety 

 crosses said meridian line ; thence six miles north, thence six 

 miles west, thence three miles north, thence three miles west, 

 thence three miles north, thence three miles west, thence three 

 miles north, thence three miles west, thence three miles north, 

 thence three miles east, thence north to the ]\Iissisippi, which 

 it strikes about seven miles below the mouth of the Wiscon- 

 sin River, thence, crossing the Missisippi, it runs diagonally 

 through township five, range six west, of the fourth principal 

 meridian, to the northeast corner of said township ; thence six 

 miles east, thence three miles north, thence eighteen miles 

 cast, thence tlu*ee miles north, thence three miles east, thence 

 three miles north, thence nine miles east, thence six miles 

 south, thence twelve miles east, thence eighteen miles east, 

 passing along the northern base of the Blue Mounds ; thence 



