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concession seven to the nortli along this side line. Where lot corners fell in 

 lakes the posts were offset north and south in their proper positions. Beside 

 the wooden posts iron posts one and one-quarter inches in diameter were 

 planted at the following points : on the centre line of the road allowance 

 between lots twelve and thirteen, at its intersection with the centre line 

 of the road allowance along the south boundary, (this post is the same 

 planted for the township of Calder), at the centre line of road between con- 

 cessions six and seven, and at its intersection with the centre line of the road 

 allowance along the north boundary. Similar posts were also planted 

 on the centre line of the road allowance between concessions six and seven, 

 at its intersections with the centre lines of roads along the east and west 

 boundaries. An iron 'post, one and seven-eighths inches in diameter, was 

 planted alongside a wooden post at the intersection of the centre line of 

 the road allowance along the east boundary with the centre line of the 

 road along the north boundary marked "R" on four sides, and ''Colquhoun" 

 on the southwest side, and a similar post at the intersection of the centre 

 lines of the boundary road allowances at the northwest angle of the town- 

 ship, marked "R" on four sides, and "Colquhoun" on the southeast 

 side. The iron post planted at the centre line of road allowance 

 intersections to mark the northwest angle of the township of Calder, 

 was marked ^'Colquhoun" on the northeast side. At the intersection of 

 the centre line of the road allowance along the east boundary with 

 the northerly limit of the road allowance round the shore of the small lake 

 at the southeasterly angle of the township, an iron post, one and seven-eighths 

 inches in diameter, was planted alongside a cedar post, and marked "B," on 

 the south, east and west sides, "Colquhoun" on the northwest, and "Leitch" 

 on the northeast. 



The area covered by this township consists largely of fine agricultural 

 land, of a sufficiently rolling character to afford effectual drainage. The 

 easterly portion bounded roughly by the line between lots six and seven, 

 presents a decidedly rolling surface in many places broken by sharp ridges 

 and gullies, and with the exception of the extreme southeasterly part well 

 timbered with large spruce, poplar, white birch, balsam and tamarac; a 

 large number of trees of the first two species exceeding twenty inches in 

 diameter. Over most of this area there is also a thick growth of moosewood 

 or mountain maple and alder, and a great deal of windfall. A number of 

 small lakes of pond-like dimensions also occur within these limits. At the 

 southeast corner and extending as far north as the northerly limit of con- 

 cession three on the east boundary, thence sweeping in a southwesterly direc- 

 tion to lot five on the line between concessions one and two, and again 

 retreating southeasterly to the neighborhood of the small lakes at the south- 

 east angle of the township is an area of fire-swept country, comprising 

 about thirteen hundred acres. A great deal of the timber is still standing, 

 but dead, and here and there within the area are small patches of green 

 bush, partially fire killed. Along the east boundary across concession one, 

 and the greater part of concession two occurs a «uccesvsion of ridges so steep 

 that they must measure very closely the angle or repose of the clay com- 

 posing them, and packed as closely together as the depth of the intervening 

 gullies will permit. These gullies are littered with windfall trees, and 

 choked with dense undergrowth, rendering travelling extrelnely difficult 

 and laborious. The soil near the steep gullies on lots three and four crossed 

 by the line between concessions one and two is a coarse sand, the only place 

 in the township where this was noted. The soil throughout the rest of this 

 area is clay of good quality. 



