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there in a small way — what I call sneak thief way, men stealing 

 shingle trees and fire wood; no lumbering operations proper there, 

 and from, there in February I went in on the Lawrence patent; there 

 was a trespass in there, by what I called a "bad- gang;" I went in 

 there to survey those lands to lay the ground for suits against those 

 parties; that was in February, I guess, 1886; I was in camp there 

 three weeks or somewhere along there. 

 1 Q. How many foresters are there ? 



A. Thirteen, I believe at the present time. 

 ' Q. Who are they, what are their districts, and where do they reside? 

 ' A. I will commence in the first place with their residences, shall I? 



Q. I want to know their names and resideace and what district they 

 have' supervision of or jurisdiction over? 



A. Well, in the first place we will commence with one corner and 

 go around; Fulton county, Mr. Houck, who has just died; he is out 

 now; he had been in service about two or three years; he was in 

 Fulton county. 



Q. Who is the next? 



A. The next man is Henry Studer, 



Q. Where does he live ? 



A. At White Lake Corners proper, I believe. 



Q. What is his district ? 



A. His district embraces the territory practically between Moose 

 river and West Canada creek; there is a map that shows those 

 districts more properly. 



Q. How long since you have been there at that place ? 



A. About ten days. 



Q. What is Studer about? 



A. He had just been looking up the trespasses there on lands in 

 Forestport; I went there to adjust the matter and see wbat shape it 

 was in; that was two weeks ago, I guess. 



Q. What did you do towards adjusting the matter ? 



A. I went and saw the man (Mr. Pratt) that the timber had gone 

 with, who had bought the timber; I went then to see if the evidence 

 was complete as against the man that cut the timber. 



Q. Go on. 



A. It was satisfactory, as I went there, as I felt sure; I then notified 

 Mr. Pratt that we would hold him for the full value of the timber that 

 was in the canal at Hawkinsville. 



Q. How much is the timber worth ? 



A. About two dollars a stick. 



Q. That don't give any idea; what is the whole trespass worth? 



