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township, town, and county boundaries; and, so, by means of the relative topography 

 any forester, hunter, or tourist can, by the aid of these maps and a pocket compass, 

 go directly to any point within the Great Forest of Northern New York, whether it be 

 on the top of the highest mountain, the lowest valley, or within the most remote 

 recesses of the pathless forest. These sheets are unsurpassed as specimens of cartog- 

 raphy. They are to be combined in one large map, on which the Adirondack region 

 will stand revealed to the eye as plainly as the area of a farming district in a county 

 atlas. Although the cost of this work hitherto has been largely defrayed by the general 

 Government, through a recent arrangement the State of New York has agreed to pay 

 one half of the survey, the agreement being that the United States will expend on 

 this survey of the Adirondack region any amount necessary to the completion of the 

 work, provided the State of New York will appropriate annually a similar sum, the 

 entire amount to be expended under the direction of United States Geological Survey. 

 This map is so necessary in the proper management of the Forest Preserve, and is of 

 such great assistance to our officials in their travels and the prosecution of their work, 

 as well, also, to all guides, hunters and tourists, that it is earnestly hoped that the 

 Legislature will grant a liberal appropriation to enable the State to fully co-operate 

 in the prosecution of this most valuable work, and avail itself of the offer made 

 by the general Government. 



A map of the forest counties in the Catskill region has been prepared under the 

 direction and instructions of the superintendent. It is on a large scale, two miles to 

 an inch — the same as that of our Adirondack map — and includes the counties of 

 Ulster, Greene, Delaware and Sullivan, in which are situated 55,092 acres of the 

 Forest Preserve. The entire landed allotment of this territory is shown on the map. 

 Each tract or patent, with all its many subdivisions into small lots, is clearly and 

 accurately outlined. The names of all the patents and surveys are neatly lettered, 

 and the number of each lot is inserted in its place. All the town and county 

 boundaries, villages, and railroads are laid down, while its value as a geographical 

 map is enhanced by the many wagon roads which are also accurately shown. This 

 map will be highly serviceable in our work, as it will enable the foresters and other 

 officials to locate each parcel of State land in the Catskill Preserve and to care for it 

 accordingly. I submit herewith as a part of this report the original draft of this 

 Catskill map, and respectfully ask that when the report is sent to the State printer 

 the map be sent also, with instructions to engrave and print 2,000 copies in style 

 similar to our Adirondack map. 



Respectfully submitted, 



WILLIAM F. FOX, 



Superintendent of State Forests. 



