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windfalls for length to verify his eye judg- 

 ment as to the height of trees. If his eye judg- 

 ment has been at fault, he keeps measuring un- 

 til his eye judgment becomes accurate, then he 

 trusts solely to his eye. He keeps tally of each 

 tree and at the close of the day figures out his 

 totals by an established mathematical rule. 



''Having come near enough to his compass- 

 man, he directs him to tally 1 west, and the 

 compassman proceeds to pace 125 paces to the 

 next tally point, and when he arrives makes it 

 known and waits. He has now two sides of 

 the 10 acre tract, and before he leaves, es- 

 tablishes the center. 



''The cruiser has thus been estimating the 

 trees 25 paces on each side of the boundary to 

 two ten-acre tracts, a ten-acre tract being about 

 the dimensions of a city square. The other 

 boundary is only about 300 feet away, so he 

 can easily see whether there is any change in 

 the character of the timber. If there is, he 

 makes a closer examination and records it. 



"The cruiser and his compassman are never 

 more than 60 to 125 paces apart. They pro- 

 ceed in this way three talleys west and then 

 two north, then three east, which brings them 

 back to the base line, then they go two north, 

 three west, two north, three east, which brings 

 them back to the base line, then one north which 

 ought to bring them to the quarter post at the 

 half section line ; if it does not, they find it and 

 correct the estimate. The compassman devotes 



