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I have now materials for forming a general map 
cf our furveys of the gulph and river St. Lawrence, 
and with the affiflance of Mr. Defbarre’s furveys, 
employed -by the Admiralty, I fball be able to bring 
my map as far as cape sable, the Southweft point 
of the peninfula of nova scotia. 
Mr. Wright is furveying the N.E. part of that 
province, and will be obliged to winter in thofe parts. 
Mr. Spronle is now employed in furveying casco 
bav, and from thence continues his operations to- 
wards the bay of fundy; while I am bufy in de- 
fining this harbor, river, and the fea coaft, from- 
cape Elizabeth to cape anne, where Mr.Wright 
vvfll begin next fpring, on his return from the 
Gulph of St. Lawrence ; fo that I hope to complete 
the furvev of the Northern diftridt in a few years 
more ; when I {hall reduce our work to general 
maps and charts, with the exadt latitudes, and, with 
your affiftance, the longitudes alfo, determined from 
our oblervations,. compared with yours. 
Our furvey of places and harbors of note, is by. a 
fcale of 2ooo- feet to an inch, and the other parts by 
4000 ; after which it is reduced to a fcale of two 
ftatute miies to- an inch, or better than 8 JLL. inches 
to a degree of latitude. Thefe maps l purpofe 
making on a globular projection, confide: log the 
earth as a fphere. 
A*, by the time I hope to receive your determi- 
nation of the longitudes of the above places, I fha'l 
be ready for compofing my firft map, 1 fhall be 
greatly obliged to you for your opinion of the mod. 
ufeful and exadt globular projection for a fpace con- 
tained between the. 37th and 5 iiL parallels of lad- 
