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in a large measure, I believe, to the presence of many owls and hawks. A few 

 pike and pickerel were caught in the Cheepash River. 



Appendix No. 31 



Extract from report of survey, Seventh Base Line and Meridian Line, District 

 of Cochrane, by Messrs. Beatty & Beatty, O.L.S., 1930. 



We proceeded from Pembroke on May 25th, via the Canadian National 

 Railways to Pagwa River Station, about sixty miles west of Hearst. We met 

 our canoes, which had been sent in with our supplies to where the line was to be 

 resumed this season. We went down the Pagwa River to the Kenogami or 

 English River and continued down it to the English River Post and then went 

 up the Ridge River about thirty-five miles to where out supplies had been left 

 at the end of the line. The route in all, was about 100 miles and was made 

 without any portages, taking three days to go in. 



We produced the base line from the witness post planted by us last season, 

 marked 63M W.P. 3E. and at 125 miles plus 70.622 chains, we intersected the 

 west boundary of the Township of Mahony, which we ran north from line by 

 O.L.S. Sutcliffe, 1925, from the south side of the Missinaibi River, intersecting 

 at eight miles plus 75.756 chains. We continued the base line east and at 143 

 miles plus 50.59 chains, we intersected the west boundary of the Township of 

 Rapley, which we ran north from 59-mile post planted by O.L.S. Speight & van 

 Nostrand in 1911, intersecting at 62 miles plus 74.59 chains. We con- 

 continued the base line east and at 152 miles plus 48.269 chains we intersected 

 the east boundary of the Township of Rapley as run by O.L.S. Speight & van 

 Nostrand, 1911, intersecting 4.796 chains south of 9-mile post planted by them. 

 We continued the base line east to 187 miles plus 62.35 chains, where we inter- 

 sected meridian by O.L.S. Niven, 1898, and retraced this summer, intersecting 

 1.931 chains south of 261-mile post. 



Soil 



For the portion of the line run this season up to mile 175, the soil is clay or 

 clay loam. This is covered with moss varying in thickness from one foot to two 

 feet in depth, except in the muskegs, where we were unable to determine its 

 depth. This portion of the country is nearly level. From mile 175 east to the 

 end of the line at Ontario Land Surveyor Niven's Meridian, the soil is sand and 

 gravel ridges and occasional rocky hills. 



The country along the west boundary of Mahony was broken with ravines 

 at the numerous small creeks. This condition was also found just east of the 

 Missanaibi River miles 138 to 140. 



We encountered occasional frosts during the summer. There was ice in 

 the swamps in the heavy spruce all summer. 



Timber 



From the start of this season's work to mile 112 the country is mostly spruce 

 and tamarac muskegs, broken with short stretches of black spruce swamps. 

 The largest of these being at miles 65 to 67, miles 77 to 78 and miles 79 to 80. 

 There are also borders of spruce from three to ten inches in diameter along the 



