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nearest to it ever known being by a mountain man 
who admitted that he had once spent three days 
plumb bewildered in the woods. 
The Topographic Maps of the United States 
Geological Survey are the best guides one could 
have for general use; indeed, many of them are so 
detailed that one could follow the obscurest trails 
by their help. And they are always present, being 
printed in sections on sheets that can be folded small 
enough to be carried in the pocket, and they cost 
only five cents apiece. These maps are a splendid 
tribute to the work done by the Department that 
issues them. To get them it is only necessary to 
write to the Director at Washington, D. C., who will 
send a plan of the maps, from which you can select 
those you need. 
