FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. I71 



number of years required by the trees to grow one inch in diameter on the 

 stump. The present stand of small trees on a given area, and their rate 

 of growth being known, the future stand and yield may be predicted. 



(leneral Description of TownsI)ip lo. 



Township 40 lies in what is known as the Totten and Crossfield Pur- 

 chase. It is situated in the west central section of the Adirondack Park, 

 in the northwest portion of Hamilton Coimty, and forms part of the town 

 of Long Lake. The situation of Township 40 in the Adirondack Park is 

 shown on the frontispiece map. It forms, with adjoining State lands, one 

 of the largest and most compact blocks of State land within the limits of 

 the Park. Referring to Map I, it will be seen that Township 40 is 

 bounded wholly on two sides and partly on a third by State land, 

 all of which is covered by virgin forest. On the east side, on the south 

 half of Township 35, the State does not own the softwood timber, which 

 was reserved when the tract was acquired. 



The lines of Township 40, in common with those of other tracts in 

 the Totten and Crossfield Purchase, run N. 63° E. and N. 27° W. These 

 lines are known among the Adirondack surveyors as " ten and two o'clock 

 hues," signifying that shadows would be thrown along the lines at the 

 hours named. The lines running N. 63° E., which will be referred to as 

 the north and south lines, are, approximately, 6 miles in length. The east 

 and west lines are about 6^ miles. The total area is 25,660 acres. 



The township is reached by the Raquette Lake Railway, the terminus 

 of which is Durant, on the shores of Raquette Lake. This. railroad makes 

 track connection with the Adirondack branch of the New York Central 

 and Hudson River Railroad at Clearwater, 19 miles from Durant, bringing 

 Raquette Lake within yy miles, by rail, of Utica on the main line. 



A steamboat line on Raquette Lake connects Durant with Blue Moun- 

 tain Lake, while another line to Long Lake via Forked Lake is projected. 

 At Durant are ample wharves, where steamboats can conveniently load, 

 and a car float conveys loaded freight cars to Blue Mountain Lake or to a 

 wharf at the lower end of Raquette Lake. (PI. I, figs, i and 2.) 



Topography. 



There are three watersheds on Township 40, the largest and most 

 important containing Raquette Lake, which lies in the middle of the town- 

 ship. Raquette Lake is part of the Raquette River drainage system, and 



