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topographic symbols. A number that are in common use 

 and generally agreed upon are given herewith. 



Railroad ^ | >__| | t 



Highway 



Wood Road ------^-^-- 



Trail ^- -^__-~ 



Stone Wall oo^coococXxXXXEoc^ 



Fence 



Telephone Line ...... i 



Field or Prairie >-ffc ^,, ^ ^,,,, Ml 



Open Swamp ^^^^J^^* 



-".._ .tu \l, . . 



Dam - I - 



TOPOGRAPHIC SYMBOLS 



SECTION VI 

 ON THE BEARING OF LINES 



The surveying work of the woodsman of the present day 

 is mostly of the nature of resurveys, or the subdivision 

 of tracts whose boundary lines are on the ground. To 

 ascertain correct^ the present bearing of old lines is there- 

 fore a problem of great importance and one very fre- 

 quently met with. 



1. Bearing Directly Observed. The best and surest 

 way to find that direction is the direct one of running a 

 piece of the line. For example, suppose a section of land 

 was run out in 1845 with lines stated to run north, east, 

 south, and west by the true meridian. The surveyor com- 

 ing on to retrace it in 1915 may pay no attention to the 

 north star or reference meridians, but finding the southwest 

 corner of the tract plain and running northerly find by trial 



