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MAP SHOWING THE ORIGINAL BOUNDARY STONES OE THE DISTRICT OE COLUMBIA 



also buried in the approach of a small 

 modern bridge, and of the southwest, 

 Nos. 4 and 5, only the stumps remain, 

 the 4 being buried and the 5 lying on the 

 ground. The southwest, No. 2, no one 

 seems to remember. The stone has been 

 missing for many years. 



On the side of the present District we 

 had the advantage of the excellent large 

 scale maps resulting from the work of 

 the Geodetic Survey, of which I have 

 spoken, but even with this assistance a 

 little stone 12 inches square can be 

 passed time and again within a few feet 



in a dense thicket. There was an inde- 

 scribable pleasure in finding the stones 

 by means of the maps, and in only two 

 or three cases did we ask assistance from 

 the people living in the vicinity. Twenty- 

 three Sunday afternoons were spent in 

 the search from the latter part of March 

 to the end of August, six stones being 

 our largest afternoon's work. On two 

 evenings, however, we returned home 

 without adding to our score. 



For those visitors to Washington and 

 vicinity who have the time and the de- 

 sire to examine one of the stones, the 



