9f) REPORT OF THE No. 3 



60 forth.) continuously to their intersection with. 0. L. S. Niven's base. The 

 fourth meridian was also run south astronomically from the first base for 

 two miles and some chains, when we were again driven back by the fire. 

 From near the propei* point on the second base due allowance having been 

 made for convergence of meridians. The fourth meridian was then run 

 south astronomically to its intersection with the said base run by 0. L. S. 

 Niven. Then from the said point on the second base it was run north astro- 

 nomically three miles and some chains across Mozhabong Lake, where we 

 again met the fire. Seeing that there was little probability of the fire being 

 put out, we abandoned the work on the 21st of September. All lines were 

 well cut out and blazed on the side of the trees facing the line, also on those 

 sides in the direction in which the lines were running. 



At every mile a wooden post six inches square was planted, except in a 

 few instances where large enough timber could not be obtained conveniently, 

 smaller ones were placed. On the base lines the posts were marked in 

 Roman numerals on the east side, the number of miles reckoning from the 

 northeast corner of the berth, and on the meridians the number of miles was 

 marked on the south side reckoning from the southeast corner. At the berth 

 corners an iron tube one and one-quarter inches in diameter, three feet long, 

 pointed and forged at the top to exclude rain, was also planted beside the 

 wooden post. On both these posts were marked the berth letters on the sides 

 facing the respective berths. 



Where a mile came in a lake a post was planted on the nearest shore with 

 the miles and chains marked on it. 



The timber is mostly jack pine from six to fifteen inches in diameter, 

 while spruce from six to twelve inches, white birch from six to ten inches, 

 balsam from six to twelve inches. In some places there is poplar from four 

 to twelve inches. On the southerly nine miles of the first meridian there ^'s 

 considerable white ajad red pine of the best quality, and from fifteen to 

 twenty-six and thirty inches in diameter. The south half of Berth 0. also 

 the southwest quarter of K. is probably well timbered with white and red 

 pine of the above dimensions. No other large areas of red and white pine 

 were seen, it occurs more or less scattered on the other berths. 



On Berths S. and T. there are clumps of red and white pine of fair size 

 and quality which have escaped the fire which swept those berths, also the 

 northwest quarter of P., some years ago. The greater part of the country 

 is heavily timbered, in a few places there is gool sized cedar, but shaky at 

 the butt. Along the north limit of T. considerable cedar was found. In 

 some sections there is a scrubby soft maple. There is also some ash along 

 the streams. 



In Berth L. there is a belt of the old brule from one to two miles wide, 

 which extends from near the northwest corner southeasterly through the 

 berth, and projects three square miles into the northeast corner of K. There 

 is also a small belt of it along the first, second and third miles on the line 

 between H. and D. This brule is covered with a dense growth of jack pine, 

 spruce and white birch about three inches thick, which, made it very tedious 

 work to cut a line through. 



The accompanying timber map shows in colours the distribution of the 

 different timbers and brule. 



The rock is all red granite, and the soil a rich, sandy loam, but so badly 

 broken with rock, boulders and gravel as to be unfitted for anything but 

 timber. 



There are apparently no minerals. 



