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The country embraced by this survey has a total depth of twenty-seven miles, 

 north and soutjh, and a total breadth of thirty-seven and three-quarters miles, east 

 and west. 



Soil. 



Except for a small area of gravel on the north boundary of the township of 

 Mulloy, the soil is clay, containing a small percentage of gravel in most places, 

 and in a few small areas boulders occur. Gravel and s'^nd deposits have been dis- 

 covered and used in the construction of the National Transcontinental Railway, 

 sidings having been put in at the townships of Shuel and Bicknell. Generally 

 speaking the country will be excellent agricultural land when cleared and drained. 



: . Timber. 



The greater part of the timber on the west boundary of the townships of 

 McCoig and Mulloy, the north boundary of the township of Mulloy and the easterly 

 six miles of the north boundary of the township of Burrell, is burned, the timber 

 being dead and in a great many places still standing, the second growth not having 

 advanced very far. 



On the remainder of the lines the timber is the average spruce, poplar and 

 tamarac of the clay belt, with occasional small cedars and a few white birch and 

 balsam. 



On the westerly half of the north boundary of the township of Henderson, 

 and on the south half of the west boundary of that township,^ the timber is second 

 growth about thirty years old and is of very little value. 



In the river valleys occasional small areas of spruce of fair size and quality 

 were met with, and many ties for use on the railway have been taken out. 



As mentioned above*, canoeable streams occur about every ten to fifteen miles, 

 east and west, running to the north-east. They. are shallow and swift with gravel 

 bottoms. With the exception of two cases on the Bad River, no falls were seen, 

 although there are small rapids- and riffles about every quarter of a mile. Lakes 

 were conspicuous by their rarity. 



! - Minerals. 



No indications of economic mineral were noticed and the only outcroppings 

 of rock seen were pegmatite and a slightly schistose green rock which occur on 

 the west boundary of the township of Mulloy, near the IM and VIM posts, also 

 certain granite outcroppings, described in detail in our report upon that town- 

 ship. 



Game. 



There are a few moose in this district. On most of the small streams fresh 

 beaver cuttings were seen. In the rivers and small streams partridge, prairie 

 chicken and rabbits are fairly numerous. The prairie chicken were found chiefly 

 in the open muskegs and burnt low lying areas. Brook trout and pickerel were 

 fairly abundant and. some good pike were caught in the Pegatchewan River. 



