1920-21 DEPAETMENT OF LANDS AND FOEESTS. 87 



Sutcliffe and Neelands had run their line out to this point a few days previous. 

 We ran the line to the north-east corner of Concobar Township and then we 

 turned to our nine mile post, and ran west to the Kapuskasing Eiver, and the 

 westerly boundary of the Township of Concobar. 



On these latter lines the country for the most part was low and wet with 

 open tamarac swamp or a thick growth of spruce, tamarac and balsam. Towards 

 the north-easterly corner of Concobar Township, we encountered low ridges or 

 knolls of clay or sandy clay loam, with some heavy timber thereon. 



We reached the Kapuskasing and on August 4th, I left my assistant tO' 

 run west on the Maude, Oscar Chord, while I went out to Kapuskasing to arrange 

 for the disbanding of the party at the completion of the work. 



I took one of my chainmen out with me as he had a poisoned hand and 

 needed medical attention. This coupled with the fact that a couple of weeks 

 previous I had to send out one of my Indians, necessitated my bringing in more 

 men. So I returned with two men and a boy along with some provisions, to 

 complete the work. 



On reaching the nine mile post on the Maude, Oscar Chord, we were unable- 

 to locate Speight's line, run in 1909. We spread out and though we made a. 

 thorough search, we were unable to locate it, possibly because there was a heavy 

 undergrowth of alder, and as the west boundary of Oscar Township had not been 

 run yet. So we produced our line seven chains past the nine mile post, and 

 returned to camp. 



We then continued to run east on the chord, between Shanly and Concobar. 

 When about four and one-half miles of this line had been completed one of our 

 Indians, who had previously been troubled with appendicitis, was threatened with 

 a recurrence and had to go out. Two others who for some time past had been 

 anxious to go bear hunting, decided to leave and could not be persuaded to stay. 

 This left me short of men and as I had only enough provisions to finish the 

 job working with a complete party, I decided to run only as far as the south- 

 east corner of Shanly Township, and then return. This we did, and continuing 

 on down the Kapuskasing Eiver arrived at the station of the same name, on 

 the Canadian Government Eailway, on Avigust the 18th. 



The river was quite shallow in a great many places coming out, and it was- 

 with difficulty we were enabled to get through. At Kapuskasing I paid off my 

 men and arrived in Ottawa, on August the 20th. 



The country through which we worked was for the most part comparatively 

 low, the land and timber on the west side of the river being much superior to 

 that on the east. On the latter side, it was practically level throughout, being^ 

 covered with open tamarac; in places, while in others a thick growth of tamarac, 

 spruce and balsam, interspersed with thick alder undergrowth. 



However, on the easterly boundary of Concobar, we , encountered some larger 

 timber, e.g., balm of gilead, birch, and spruce, etc., as the ground here appeared 

 to rise slightly, being very gently undulating. 



On this side of the river, the soil was clay, or moss, with a clay subsoil, with 

 a few sandy knolls. 



On the west side of the river, the country for the most part is undulating 

 and is quite heavily timbered. The timber on the higher lands is quite large, 

 from six to eighteen inches in diameter, or even larger in some cases, and is of a 

 good quality, birch, spruce, balsam, poplar, balm of gilead and cedar, while the 

 valleys are tamarac, spruce and balsam, or alders. 



