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sa\- that ill all Hronx Park it could lutl have been l)etter ])laced 

 for the purj)ose named. 



In addition to the ojieu tinil)er there is an alnnulanee of 

 heavv forest, also, and I doubt if there can be found within 

 fifty miles of New York any more beautifully timbered ridges 

 than those which occupy about two-fifths of the entire area of 

 South Bronx Park. Of the remainder, the open woods con- 

 .stitute about one-fifth ; and fine, open grass-covered ridges 

 and hollows make up the remaining two-fifths. There is practi- 

 cally no level land in South Bronx Park save at the bottom of 

 wet basins, of which there are five. 



3. SuKi'ACK Contour. — As a whole, therefore, the surface 

 is seen to l)e very much broken up into ridges and hol- 

 lows. West of the Bronx River there are three ridges of 

 moderate height that run quite through the Park. As will be 

 seen by the contour map, two terminate rather abruptly against 

 the bend of Bronx River, between the crossings of Boston Road 

 and Pelham Aventie. On the eastern bank of the river another 

 long ridge extends north and .south, but as yet its precise 

 topography has not been determined by a survey. The accom- 

 panying contour map shows South Bronx Park as far as sur- 

 veyed, with contour intervals of ten feet ; and profile No. 2 

 shows a cross-section of the tract across its southern half, about 

 on a line with the Rocking Stone. 



A very strong point in favor of South Bronx Park lies in 

 the fact that while it is sufBciently broken and diversified by 

 ridges, knolls, small plateaus, hollows and basins to give great 

 beauty to its general aspect, perfect natural drainage, and op- 

 portunities for the construction of several fine ponds at trifling 

 expen.se, the contour is not .so uneven as to make it difficult to 

 explore on foot, or to involve any laborious climbing in going 

 over it. In fact, it will l)e quite possible to so arrange the 

 animal collections that even ladies, small children and elderly 

 people will be able to make a grand circuit of the Park west of 

 the river, see all the animals, both in buildings, yards and 

 ponds, and return to the starting point without encountering 

 any real cause for unusual fatigue. This I regard as one of 



