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PART II. 



TOPOGRAPHY. 



The basin or watershed of North Watuppa Pond is small in com- 

 parison to the size of the pond. On the west side it consists of a strip 

 of land averaging one-half mile in width, and with a rather steep slope 

 down to the shore of the pond. In the center, however, there is a 

 depression formed by the valleys of Terry and Highland brooks, which 

 causes the limits of the watershed to extend back to a distance of a 

 mile or more. On this inhabited side of the pond the soil is thin and 

 underlaid with numerous ledges. There is but little swamp land, 

 and what there is is found only along the shore of the pond and on the 

 banks of the brooks. 



On the eastern shore the watershed broadens out, and extends up a 

 gentle slope to the summit and ridge of Copecut Hill. It averages 

 one and one-half miles in width except in the southern part, where the 

 watershed of Bread and Cheese Brook encroaches on that of the pond. 

 The ground is so level here that the limits of the two basins are not 

 readily distinguishable. From Blossom's Cove a swampy depression 

 extends far back into the flanks of Copecut Hill, and includes most of 

 the watersheds of King Philip and Blossom brooks. The soil on this 

 side of the pond is generally a deep and stony sandy loam, well adapted 

 to tree growth. 



At the northerly end of the pond a basin with rather steep sides 

 extends back for about a mile, and then ends abruptly. This basin 

 is intersected by several small brooks, which are bordered by much 

 swampy land. 



THE MAP. 



Before making definite recommendations for the care and reforesta- 

 tion of the large area of land which the city of Fall River owns 

 around North Watuppa Pond, it was necessary to make the ac- 

 companying map. This land had all been surveyed to determine 

 the limits of the watershed, the roads located and the lot lines run; 

 but there was nothing to indicate the character of the land, w 7 hat is 

 woodland and what is not, or what kind of woodland it is. It is evi- 



