62 REPORT OF THE No. 3 



Cochrane, I proceeded with and carried out the same during the months of 

 June and July. I left the James Bay extension of the T. & N. O. Railway at 

 Mileage 162 and proceeded to the northwest corner of the Township of Parr at 

 Mile Post 306 on a meridian line run by Messrs. Beatty & Beatty during this year. 

 The order in which the various township boundaries were run was in con- 

 formity with that set out in the instructions, and on the whole very satisfactory 

 connections were made with prior surveys. 



Instrument Work. 



A Gurley transit, which had previously been sent to Ottawa for magnetic 

 needle correction, was used. Long, clear sights were obtained throughout the 

 whole work; sky lines were opened at all stream crossings, and generally speaking, 

 owing to the nature of the timber, 75 per cent, of the line we cut could be classified 

 as sky line. Star observations were taken at points indicated in the field notes. 



Chainage. 



A four-chain tape and a 200-foot tape were used, the four-chain tape being 

 used for taking topography and the 200-foot tape for check measurements. 

 The check measurements are noted in the field notes for each mile. 



Blazing and Posts. 



Blazing was done in the prescribed manner. Durable timber was used in all 

 cases for posts, tamarac and spruce predominating. 



Timber and Soil. 



With the exception of narrow strips along the various streams, very little 

 commercial timber was encountered on this survey. The area traversed, distant 

 more than four or five miles from the Moose River, was very flat and wet, and 

 would be difficult to drain owing to the fact that the majority of the creeks are 

 but a few feet below the surface of the adjoining country and are very sluggish 

 in their flow. Large areas of second growth tamarac were crossed, as well as 

 considerable spruce to five inches or six inches in diameter. 



The average depth of muck over a gritty clay would not be more than three 

 feet. No rock or hills were observed during the course of the survey, and in 

 running the north boundary of the Township of Moose to intersect the west 

 shore of James Bay, the country was found to slope very gently towards the bay. 

 There is no bank at this point, and the difference between extreme high and 

 low tide being about two miles. 



Game. 



We did not see any game, either large or small, although along the creeks a 

 few moose tracks were seen. A great many of the streams were teeming with 

 speckled trout. It would appear that the area adjacent to the fur trading posts 

 on the Moose River is pretty well trapped out. The amount of fur being brought 

 in by the Indians apparently is very small compared to what it used to be. 



