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diameter. From the fourth to the ninth mile the lines run through a forest of spruce, 

 birch, balsam, etc., with white pine scattered throughout. Near the sixth mile 

 the pine is quite thick. From the ninth to the tenth mile there is a brule with no 

 timber of any value. From the tenth to the sixteenth mile the timber is of good 

 quality, spruce, balsam, and Jack "pine predominating, although there is a large 

 amount of white pine throughout. There is also considerable birch and maple. 

 From the sixteenth to the twenty-fourth mile the line runs through a brule of 

 very large extent. This brujle extends as far as can be seen from the. hill tops 

 and runs at least five miles to the east, and a considerable distance west, and an 

 immense amount of timber has been destroyed. From the twenty-fourth to the 

 thirtieth mile the timber is mostly green with a couple of smaller areas of brule, 

 spruce, balsam, birch, etc., being plentiful, with a considerable amount of white 

 pine scattered throughout. 



The first base line, east of the first meridian line, this line runs through con- 

 tinuous green timber, spruce, balsam, birch, etc., are the j)revailing varietie's, and 

 the white pine is of enormous value. On this line white pine of good quality is 

 nearly always' to be seen and appears to extend for a long distance both north and 

 south of the line. This is the be&'t timber area encountered during the season. West 

 of the first meridian the line runs through a forest of spruce, birch, balsam, cedar, 

 etc., with considerable white pine throughout as far as the eleventh mile. Here 

 a ffmall area of brule is crossed and then gieen timber continues as far as the end 

 of the line. From the eleventh mile west there is not so much pine visible from 

 the line, but more hardwood is seen than on any of the other lines. There is some 

 very good pine between the seventeenth and the twenty-first miles, but from the 

 twenty-first to the twenty-fourth mile the line runs through a series of bird wood 

 ridges. The timber on these ridges is maple and yellow birch, but the quality is" 

 poor. 



The second base line. East of the first meridian the line runs through a 

 green area with spruce, balsam and jack pine predominating. There is consider- 

 able white pine scattered throughout, but the white pine is not m plentiful as on 

 the lines further south. The best white pine occurs between the tenth and twelfth 

 miles. Two areas of brule are crossed on this line, one starts one and a half miles 

 east of the first meridian and runs east to the third mile. The other commences 

 near the eighth mile po^ and extends east a mile and a half. There is no timber 

 of value on these areas. West of the first meridian the line runs through spruce, 

 balsam, birch and jack pine, with some scattered white pine as far as a large lake 

 at the second mile. West of this lake an area of brule is entered, which extends 

 to the seventh mile. From this point as far west as' Ontario Land Surveyor 

 Speight's meridian the line runs in green spruce, birch, balsam and jack pine 

 with white pine scattered throughout, with the exception of an area of brule 

 which is crossed near the nineteenth mile. The white pine is most noticeable west 

 of a small lake at the fifteenth mile and again near the twenty-third mile. Taken 

 as a whole this line runs through more spruce and jack pine and less while pine 

 than the first base line. 



Second meridian line. This line runs through green timber throughout iU 

 entire length, except for a small area of brule near the nineteenth' mile. From 

 the first to the sixth mile the line runs through spruce, birch and jack pine, with 

 an occasional white pine. From the sixth to the eighteenth miles the white pine 

 increases, in some places being quite plentiful. From the eighteenth mile to the 

 end of the line there are more hardwood ridges with spruce and balsam in the 

 valleys, but not much white pine. 



