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was formerly a natural pond from four to six feet deep, 

 which was drained and gravelled nearly eighty-six years 

 ago, and was cultivated until 1875, when the writer 

 ploughed nearly one-half acre of it, and after leveling and 

 adding a little more gravel, set it with cranberry vines in 

 June and July, 1876. 



(This part is represented in the plan, in 36 and 40 rods.) 

 The weather was very dry when this plat was set and 



