This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...the route forwarded during the next three weeks. "11. I am now clearing a line 100 feet broad from A to C and from A to D, and propose doing the same from A to B and running out branch lines afterwards of 50 feet width, so as to divide the Forest into 30 blocks of almost equal size. The advantages of doing this are as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...the route forwarded during the next three weeks. "11. I am now clearing a line 100 feet broad from A to C and from A to D, and propose doing the same from A to B and running out branch lines afterwards of 50 feet width, so as to divide the Forest into 30 blocks of almost equal size. The advantages of doing this are as follow: --"I.--We shall have the best of general Forest Surveys, for all the trees cut on the line will be counted, and from this we shall have a pretty good idea of the general contents of the Forests. "II.--By dividing the Forest into blocks we shall, knowing the exact area from future Forest Surveys, know the contents of each particular block, and check the data obtained by the last method. "III.--The officer in charge of the division will be able to visit any spot in the Forest in a very short time. "IV.--Certain blocks can be told off to certain watchers. "V.--Plans can be prepared for future felling operations after the blocks are examined. "VI.--Wells can be dug at particular junctions, thus considerably cheapening the work, and making life in the Forest much safer, as at present the working parties, owing to the want of water in the interior of the Forests, have to live on the edge of the Newra, Sohelee, and Mohan, and the water in those streams after March is poisoned by the leaves falling into them. The wells in the Tharoo villages are hardly sufficient for the wants of the villagers, as with the small demand on them they run dry in the warm weather towards evening. The Forest wells would be dug deep, with wooden sides, and not be mere hollow trees sunk in the ground as in the Tharoo villages. "VII.--Timber now which cannot be got out, could be when roads arc made passable to the centre of the F...
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