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rabbits have almost disappeared. The local Indians report fairly good catches 

 of the ordinary furs during the winter months. 



Accompanying this report is a mounted plan on a scale of one mile to an 

 inch, as previously mentioned; also my accounts in triplicate, which I trust 

 that you will find correct. The field notes of the survey and the tracings, 

 showing the details of the traverse, were forwarded to your Department some 

 time ago. 



I have the honour to be, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



James S. Dobie, 



Ontario Land Surveyor. 



The Honourable, the Minister of Lands and Forests, 

 Toronto, Ontario. 



Appendix No. 38. 



Parry Sound, October 4th, 1921. 



Sir, — I have the honour to report that, in compliance with instructions, 

 dated the 16th of May, 1921, I proceeded to make a traverse survey of certain 

 lakes and rivers in the townships of Harrison and Wallbridge in the District 

 of Parry Sound. 



Along with my party, I left Parry Sound on the afternoon of May 30th, 

 by way of the Canadian Pacific Railway, arriving at Naiscoot Station the same 

 evening, where we pitched camp. The following day, after making the usual 

 tests of our instruments, I commenced the traverse of the Nescodaong River. 

 This river, averaging about one and one-half chains in width, has its headwaters 

 in the lake bearing the same name. For the greater part of its way, the Nes- 

 codaong River, on its travels to the Georgian Bay, flows through a flat, extend- 

 ing six to ten chains wide. The country then rises into a granite rock. Level 

 stretches, extending a few chains back, are also found along the Big River, 

 sometimes called Giroux Creek. But for a part of the way this river from its 

 headwaters flows through a large marsh of varying widths, where at times the 

 river bed is practically lost. The greater portion of the small rivers are navig- 

 able to light craft, but apparently this depends to a great extent upon the 

 character of the year. Owing to the excessive rainfall last spring, and the 

 nature of the ground at that time, the rush of water could only find an outlet 

 in the river basins; consequently many of the old dams were swept away, thus 

 lowering the level of these rivers considerably. 



For the most part, the lakes and rivers are lying between high and rocky 

 shores, ranging from ten to twenty-five feet high, some of them even higher, 

 as in the case of the Still River near the Canadian National Railway crossing, 

 where its bank rises into bluff rock, sixty to seventy feet high. 



The South Maganetawan River is a fine water route, even by motor boat, 

 for about eight miles west from the Canadian National Railway. The route 



