286 The Hunting Field With Horse and Hound 



direction, are lanes cut through the forest for the convenience 

 of getting out the timber and firewood as the accompanying 

 illustration will show. 



The diagram referred to represents four sections of a forest, 

 the dark or heavy lines are the turnpike roads, about 100 feet 

 wide; the lighter lines represent lanes which are about fifty 

 feet wide. These roads and lanes have been laid out with 

 engineering skill, and are as straight as a line for miles in every 

 direction. Each section or square is staked and numbered. 



