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To the Senate and House of Bepresentativea : I herewith lay before you the Report and account of the Land Agent, and the Documents referred to therein. EDWARD KENT. Council Chamber, January 2 ifBER, > . 1S39. 5 • • « • • • < • , • • • • • • • ■•- ,» •»• • •••• « • • • • • • •••••• , • '•' • • • " . • • ••• • • • » , • _. .• »•, ., h I ;. y <1 REPORT or THI LAND AGENT, 1839. [Smith &. RoBUf8oiT,..»JPriiiten.] , . . v ' 1 f G R tl] CJ w e( w ni th in R a( til sli STATE OF MAINE. LAND OFFICE, • January 1, 1839. To the Honorable the Governor and Council. Gentlemen : I have the honor herewith to lay before you, my Annual Report, in relation to the business of the Land Office, foe the past year. Soon after entering upon the duties of this office, I caused an examination to be made of all the Public Lands, liable to trespass, during the winter. No depredations were discovered on the Kennebec waters, and it is believ- ed that no trespass was committed in that part of the State. One hundred pine logs, scaling forty thousand feet, were discovered on the Mattavvamkeag river, cut on town- ship number Six, in the Fifth Range, by John Dudley, and ninety-two pine logs, scaling sixty-six thousand and nine hundred feet, and thirty-four spruce logs, scaling seven thousand feet, were found cut or township number Three, in the Fourth Range, by teams employed by Jacob O. Rodgers. As these persons had permits to cut on the adjacent townships, and as there was no evidence that they intentionally crossed the line, upon the Maine town- ships, they were settled with, upon the payment of stump- age and all the cost of the examination on this river. I* LAND AGENT'S REPORT. [Jan. Four hundred and thirty-eight spruce logs, scaling eighty-seven thousand six hundred feet, were found cut on the public lots, in township number Three, Indian Pur- chase, by Thomas Fowler, Shurben Dudley and William Curtis. These logs were seized and sold. Two hundred and thirteen pine logs, scaling eighty-five thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight feet, and eighty- nine clapboard cuts, scaling thirteen thousand and fifty- one feet, were found on township number Two, in the Eleventh Range, cut by Frederick Roberts, Oliyor Wood- sum and William Annis. These logs were seized and marked, and as they could not be sold where they lay, Messrs. W. T. and H. Peirce wiere employed to drive them to the boom, at Oldtown, where they will probably arrive next spring. In the month of April, Ebenezer Webster, Esq., of Orono, was employed to examine the Public Lands, situ- ate on the St. John and Aroostook rivers, and ascertain what trespasses had been committed in that quarter, and report what measures could be adopted to prevent future depredations. It will be seen from his report, accompa- nying this, that for many years past, gr'jat depredations have been committed on those rivers. The method adopted by the Provincial Authorities to stop trespassing, by seizing the timber after it had been cut, has had but little tendency to stop depredations, and as there has been no road opened, by which our Agents could have a communication with this country, the tres- passing has gone on, increasing from year to year, until nearly all the timber on the banks of these rivers has dis- appeared. Upon consultation with the Land Agent of Massachusetts, it was determined to expend a portion of the money appro- 1839.] LAND AGENT'S REPORT. priated for the Aroostook Road, on the upper part, which would not be turnpiked the present season, so as to make a good winter road, and to appoint an Agent to remain on the Aroostook river during the winter, and by keeping up a communication with this quarter, to prevent, if possible} the timber from further depredation. . About the middle of October, information reached this office, that persons were trespassing on township number Ten, in the Fifth Range. I immediately left Bangor, in company with George W. Buckmore, who had received a special deputation, for the purpose of arresting this tres* pass, and putting into operation the arrangements made between the two Land Agents. Upon our arrival at town- ship number Ten, we found that the trespassers had left, had ascended the Great Machias, and were then at work on township number Eleven, in the Sixth Range, belonging to Maine. We found here Benjamin Gardner, a settler from township letter G. in the Second Range, with a crew of six men, and Lewis Bradley, a settler from the same place, with a crew of five men and a team of six oxen. They had been here about a week, and had made two , hundred and fifty tons of timber, including that cut upon township number Ten. Writs of trespass were served upon these persons, their cattle and supplies attached, and the whole expedition broken up. We here learnt that preparations were making to cut several thousand tons of timber on Beaver Brook, which we ascended about five miles, and found two camps re- cently built on township number Thirteen, in the Fifth Range, belonging to Massachusetts, but the crews had left and gone down river, hearing most probably of the trouble on the Machias. Peter Bull, a settler on township letter LAND AGENT'S REPORT. [Jan. !i^ G. had engaged to supply these persons and to haul their timber. We called on him on our way down, and informed him that an Agent would be employed by Maine and Mas- sachusetts, to remain on the river during the winter, and that his cattle would be taken off, if found engaged in any trespass. He informed us that he should stop at once, that the crews should not return to number Thirteen, and that he would not be concerned in any further depredation. On Township number Twelve, in the Fourth Range belonging to Maine, we found Mr Mumford, a settler, and two persons, named Churchill and Earskins, from New Brunswick, building a camp. Upon representing to these persons that their teams would be taken off if they per- sisted, they immediately quit. About a mile up the Salmon Stream, we found a crew of six men, located for the winter, on Township number Thirteen, in the third Range, belonging to Massachusetts. They had got in their supplies and were just beginning to cut timber, having made about one hundred and fifty tons. Their names were Wilder Stratton, James Swetor, David Swetor, Michael Keeley, James Coffee and John Smiley, all from New Brunswick. William Pyle, a settler, had agreed to haul their timber on shares. A writ of trespass was served upon these persons, their sup- plies attached, and the depredations stopped. Near the mouth of the Little Madawaska, we met Capt. Maclauchlan going up the river, with a crew of six men. He informed me, that he was sent up by the Governor of New Brunswick, to drive off the trespassers, and if neces- sary, to cut up their timber. I informed him what I had done with the trespassers above, and also informed him of ihe depredations, which 1839.] LAND AGENT'S REPORT. I understood were about to be committed on the Mada- waska and St. John rivers, above the Grand Falls. He replied that he should visit those places before he return- ed, and would do all in his power to protect the timber from trespass. Be'ow this, we found several crews just commencing to make timber, all of whom, upon representing to them the consequences of continuing their trespass, immediately desisted and left the woods. I did not visit the St. John River, being of opinion that it would be in vain, to at- tempt to arrest trespassers, or to secure the timber from pillage on that river, until a road should be opened, by which the Land Agent could reach it without being com- pelled, as he now is, to pass through the province of New Brunswick. From twelve to fifteen thousand tons of timber would undoubtedly have been cut by these tres- passers, the ensuing winter, if they had been unmolested, and this amount of timber has thus been saved by opening a communication to the Aroostook river, so as to bring these depredators within the reach of civil process. The Land Agent of Massachusetts having granted sev- eral permits to cut timber near the head waters of the Aroostook, the most of these trespassers, who were routed, ascended the liver, and engaged to work for the winter, with those holding permits, so that no further trouble is apprehended from them, at present. Mr. Buckmore has been appointed to remain, during the winter, on the Aroostook territory, and it is confidently believed, that with these precautionary measures, the Townships on this river will be effectually protected from further depredation. During the season, I caused on examination to be made by Henry K. Adams, of the Townships and tracts of land, .^ 18,447 12 4,005 01 m 8'> G,:W!) Oy (>55 yy 9,428 a? 76 50 3,213 6(5 6,153 98 388 27 a33,848 18 9,504 77 9,755 91 21 00 48 00 554 18 $361,685 38 ELIJAH L. HAMLIN, Land Agent Land Office, December 31, 1838. 1839.] LAND AGENT'S REPORT. t Trial Balance, December SI, 1898. 37 ACCOUNTS. State of Maine, Sales of Land, Sales of Land in Co., Timber, Cr., Timber in Co. Cr., Treapasses, « Grass, . Grass in Co., Bills of cost, Cr., Interest, Postage, Office rent, . Timber, Dr., Timber in Co., Dr, Trespasses, Dr., Trespasses in Co., Bills of cost. Dr., Assistant Agent, Charges, Charges in Co., Surveys of Land, Old Bills, . Abatements, Pension Lands, Madaceunk Road, Aroostook Road in Co., Lands reverted, , State Treasury, Unavailable debts, Bills receivable, . Madaceunk Road Fund, Road Fund No. 4 R. 5, Road Fund No. 10, R. 5, Road Fund No. 12 R. 5, Road Fund, School Fund, George M. Chase, Shepard Cary, George W. Coffin, Debit Footings. 76 6,153 50 98 Credit Footings. 27 00 38 100 70 287 99 546 366 1,000 1,212 70 50 100 56 30 277 24,959 Gm 7,075 6,592 363,926 2,333 2,020 3,248 352 18,244 4,693 17 92 19,013 58 00 00 40 05 60 52 00 61 98 00 00 33 00 50 74 75 72 37 61 38 35 40 50 51 68 25 82 34 333,848 9,428 153 3,213 12,307 388 21 .54 554 7,974 143 273 18 27 00 m 27 00 00 18 34 Debit Balances. 12 35 70 30 50 49 12,479 87 50,560 441 12,479 2,813 44 82 87 66 463,794 47 16,610 96 463,794 47 38 100 70 14i3 99 273 366 1,000 1,200 35 50 100 56 30 277 12,479 660 7,075 6,592 313,366 1,891 2,020 3,248 a52 5,764 1,880 17 92 2,402 58 00 00 70 05 30 52 00 11 49 00 00 33 00 50 87 75 72 37 17 56 35 40 50 64 02 25 82 38 Credit Balances. di»,848 18 9,428 27 76 50 34213 66 6,15!) 98 388 27 21 00 27 00 554 18 7,974 34 ! I ^ %l i 361,685 38,361,685 38 il n I it 1^ El. M 38 LAND AGENT'S REPORT. [Jan. Receipts of Cash from aU sources during the year 1838. Bills receivable — ^principal, Same, mtereat, Sales of Land, Sales of Undivided Land, Timber, Timber in Co., Bills of cost, George W. CoflSn— on account, 11,296 74 4,166 97 77 98 76 50 3,213 66 6,153 96 13 74 2,510 36 $27,509 98 Disbursements of Cash during the year 1838. Postage, Timber— -(scalinff,) . Timber in Co.— (do.) Trespasses, . Do. in Co., . Bills of cost, Assistant Land Agent, Charges, Charges in Co., Surveys of Land, Abatements, Pension Lands, • • ' - 'j Madaceunk Road Fund,— mterest transferred, Road Fund— amount transferred to. Office rent, . State Treasury, . • Do. —for School Fund, John Hodgdon— for overpayment, . George W. Coffin—on account of Massachusetts, 38 58 70 00 143 70 99 05 273 30 366 52 1,000 00 1,200 11 35 49 50 00 21 13 30 00 32 91 11,895 49 100 00 4,202 06 2,813 66 165 19 4,912 74 $27,509 93 [Jan. iar 1838. "11^9674 4,166 97 77 98 76 50 3,313 66 6,153 96 13 74 3,510 36 $27,509 93 838. 38 58 70 00 143 70 99 05 273 30 366 53 1,000 00 1,200 11 35 49 50 00 31 13 30 00 32 91 11,895 49 100 00 4,363 06 3,813 66 165 19 4,913 74 $37,509 93 EBENEZER WEBSTER'S REPORT RESPECTING TRESPASSES ON THE AROOSTOOK AND ST. JOHN RIVERS, SKAT 7, 1838, "i m ss :p ® m ^ Orono, May 7, 1838. To Elijah L. Hamlin^ Esquire, Land Jlgent : Sir, — Agreeable to my instructions from the Land Office, dated March the 20th, for the purpose of examining the Public Lands upon the St. John and Aroostook rivers, to ascertain as near as may be, the amount of timber cut by trespassers, the past winter, I have attended to that duty, and submit the following REPORT. I lefl Orono, on the ninth day of April, and arrived at the Grand Falls, on the St. John, on the twelflh. The next day, I proceeded up the river, to the boundary line, which is between two and three miles above the falls. One mile above the boundary line, I found hauled upon the bank of the river, about three hundred tons of timber, of a very large size; the owner I could Dot ascertain. This was on the south side of the river. On the north side, about one mile above this, I found about one hundred tons ; and about one mile further up, I found, on the south side, about two hundred tons. About twelve miles from the boundary line, at the month of Grand River, I found about four hundred tons, cut by Debays, a Frenchman, who was supplied by Messrs. Smith &. Upham of Woodstock, New Brunswick. I then proceeded to the mouth of the Madawaska, where I learnt that many teams had been at work during the winter, on what was called the Seignory, near the head of this river. I then proceeded un the St- John, as far as Gantnin 4* ' ' "^ MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT. [Jan. 43 Joseph Machaux's, where the Aroostook road, as laid out by the Surveyor General,- strikes the St. John's. I here ascer- tained that five teams had been getting timber during the winter, on the main St. John, above the mouth of the St. Francois river. The names of the men were Christopher Macay, Joseph Damewick, Captain Machaud, N. M. Wheclock and I. Cating; the three first are Frenchmen, living at Madawaska, the other two live in New Brunswick. They have cut, from the best information I could obtain, about three thousand tons. I here engaged a guide, and after purchasing provisions, snow-shoes, &c., started through the woods, for the Aroostook river. I left the road line to the west, and after travelling about six miles south, I struck the Fish River Lake. This lake lies about north and south, and is eight miles long. I travelled about six miles on this lake, and saw fine timber growing upon the shores. I discovered from the lake, a very extensive ridge of hard wood land, very level, lying nearly north and south, and about a mile from the lake, to the eastward, which I think would afltord a much better location for a road, than the one selected. I proceeded westerly to the outlet of the lake, about two miles. 1 followed down the outlet, about three- fourths of a mile, to another smaller lake on Fish River, which abounds with fine timber. I crossed this lake about three miles to the outlet, thence down the outlet, until I struck the road line, about one mile from the outlet of the second lake. I followed down the road to the Fifteen Ptlile Tree, where I encamped. The snow was two feet deep on a level, between the Aroostook and St. John rivers. I procePded, the next day, down the road, to the Twenty-eight r,iile Tree, where we encamped. Th'f A\9*^,T.co was mostly over black land. The next day I travelled to the Thirty-nine Mile Tree, where I struck Beaver Brook, and finding that teams had been passing up and down, I concluded to follow the stream down to the Aroostook, distant about five miles. 1839.] MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT. 43 I found on thia stream about four hundred tons of timber, which, I think, must have been taken from Township number Thirteen, in the fourth range. Considerable more than this must have been cut above the road line, from the appearance of teams passing, Stc, making in the whole, at least a thousand tons cut on this stream. From the best information I could get, this timber was cut by Peter Bull, and two men by the name of Gardner, and a Mr. Brown. Peter Bull is a settler upon the Aroostook, the other men are from the Provinces. On Township Number Twelve, in the fifth range, I found about five hundred tons, cut on the south side of the Aroostook, by Peter Bull and two men by the names of Becket and Hale, the two latter being from the Province I then proceeded to Township Number Ten in the fifth range, belonging to Maine, where I found about five hundred tons, cut by Samuel Leavett, a settler, and Mr. Hooper, from the Province. William Johnson and several others have been getting timber on the Little Madawaska, and from the best information I could obtain, they would cut about one thousand tons. They were all from th? Province. Four men, Joseph Trumball and Daniel Dow, Americans, and William Brown and John Auxley from the Province, have been trespassing on Township Number Nine, in the sixth range, and have made about four hundred tons. I have no doubt the timber cut on the disputed territory, on the St. John and Aroostook rivers, the last winter, amounts to ten thousand tons. As the largest trees only are selected, such as will square from twenty to thirty inches, and nothing but clear stuff cut out, there is a great waste of the timber. I have it from good authority, that within the last fifteen years there has befen taken from the disputed territory, several hun- dred thousand dollars' worth of stumpage. The merchants on the St. John river fit out teams and supply men, who go on and plunder the timber. The timber is driven below the line, I I II " c I ' ;. 44 MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT. [Jan. and marked and rafled with timber cut under permits. This timber is frequently seized, but the trespassers generaUy man- age to escape without much loss. The Warden of the disputed territory frequently passes up the St. John and warns off the trespassers, and notifies them that the timber will be seized ; but the plunderers pay no attention to him. They go on and cut timber, and when the ice goes out it is turned in and run down, and marked as Province timber, cut below. It is distressing to see our lands in that section of the coun- try, stripped by plunderers, of valuable pine timber. The trespassers follow up the St. John's and Aroostook riv- ers, and their tributary streams large enough to float timber, and where they are unable to get on teams, they get in the timber by hand; and in fifteen years, at the rate they go on, but little timber will be led. I was upon the St. John and Aroostook seven years ago, when I saw beautiful groves of pine timber standing on the banks of these rivers, now all plundered and carried off, and for thirty miles in extent upon the Aroostook River, every pine tree fit for ton timber has been carried off, and every half mile presents some old timber landing, where the trespassers made a winter's work. There are a number of Americans settled on the Aroostook, who have nothing to do with getting off timber, and feel very anxious that something should be done to prevent the British subjects from coming into their settlement, and plundering the timber, which would be of great advantage to them, when the boundary line is settled. As I have been requested to give my opinion upon the best mode to be adopted by the State, to protect this country from trespass, I would say, that in my opinion, there is but one effectual mode, to preserve the timber on these rivers, and that is, to open to them, a good road. I would recommend that the Aroostook road be immediately made passable for a horse and wagon and ox teams. . This can be done by grubbing out the 1839.] MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT. 45 centre of the road, and laying causeys over the swampy places of sufficient width to be turnpiked, so that ultimately nothing will be lost to the State, when the road is finished. It is very important that a good communication should be opened with the Aroostook, immediately, for when this is done, an officer can be sent in and remove the teams that are concerned in any tres- pass. When the tresspassers find that the State is in earnest, and determined to arrest them, there will be no further trouble; but, so long as the State takes no prompt measures, to stop them, or bring them to justice, they will double their diligence and numbers, and increase their depredations. I understood that the lumbermen were making great calculations to cut timber on the disputed territory the ensuing season, as it was likely to bear a high price in the Province. If this road should be made as suggested, and an officer appointed to look after trespassers on the Aroostook, in my opinion, there would be an end to depredations, and thousands of dollars would be saved yearly, to the State. There are at present, on the Aroos- took, American settlers sufficient to give all needful assistance to an officer, in serving any legal process. Another reason why the road should be completed or made passable, is, that the settlers on the Aroostook, require it, in order to have a communication with Bangor. Mr. Joseph Pollard, with seven men, has commenced; buiMing mills on the St. Croix, and many settlers intend moving to the Aroostook, in June. If it is therefore any object to the State to have the public lands settled, the State should be willing to open communi- catiors by which the settler can reach his abiding place. If all the money appropriated upon the Aroostook road, is laid out upon the lower part of the road, and nothing done upon the upper part, and as it will not be completed beyond township number Four, here the settlers must come to a dead stop. They must either back in their provisions or carry them up the Sebois; and so across a number of exceedingly bad carry- Cl'i' i .1 m i i| 1 1: 46 MR. WEBSTER'S REPORT. [Jan. ing places, in order to reach the Aroostook. I would there- fore recommend that a portion of the Aroostook appropriation be laid out on the road above township number Four, so as to make it passable for teams the whole distance. I would also beg leave to suggest the propriety of opening a road fourteen feet wide from the Aroostook to the St. John River, so as to be passable for teams in the winter. I think this rodd can be cut out, bridged, and causeys laid, the whole distance, forty-five miles, for about one hundred dollars per mile. This road will enable the State to have a communication with the St. John River, and I have no doubt, ten thousand dollars worth of stumpage may be saved, the next winter. The French inhabitants near the termination of this road, on the St. John, are very desirous to have it opened. I would recommend on alteration in the location of this road. The land over which the road now passes, is covered with a black growth, good land for reading, but not for settling. A few miles to the Eastward of this, there appears to be an extensive hard wood ridge, reaching from the St. John to the Aroostook, excellent settling land, and over which, the road should be located to accommodate settlements. The distance would not be increased, and the road would strike the St. John, near the place where it now does. By opening these roads, the State will be able to protect the timber on the Aroostook and St. John rivers, and a rapid settle- ment of the country will immediately ensue, as large portions of the land in this part of the State are of a superior quality for cultivation. I am sir, with due regard, Your obedient servant, EBENEZER WEBSTER. COPY OF A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN Capt. JAMES MACLAU^HLAN ov FREDERICTON, (N. B.,) AND S. S. WHIPPLE, Esq., Surveyor General, OF THE STATE OF MAINE, TRANSMITTED TO THE LAND AGENT, BY THE SURVEYOR GENERAL, IN THE MONTH OF JULY, 1838. I I 1 li h' i 1 M CORRESPONDENCE. [Wo. 1.] Mr. Maclauchlan to Mr. Whipple. Province of New Brunswick. To S. S. Whipple, Esq., Surveyor of Lands of the State of Maine: Whereas, the operations in which you and your party are engaged, in surveying land and locating settlers on this river, under the authority of the State of Maine, appears to me to bo a violation of the existing arrangements subsisting between the British Government and that of the United States ; and where- as, by my instructions, it is made my duty to protest against any act implying sovereignty or jurisdiction or the part of any Government on State, or of the citizens on subjects of any Government or State, exercised within the territory in dispute between the two governments of Great Britain and the U. States, and known by the name of the " Disputed Territory," until the right to that territory shall have been decided by negotiation between the two governments » I do, hereby, accordingly, in my capacity of Warden of said territory, duly approved by the British Government, in pursu- ance of my duty on behalf of Her Majesty, protest and warn you forthwith to desist from proceeding further with your pro- ceedings. „ (Signed,) JAMES MACLAUCHLAN, Warden of the Disptded Territory. Restock River, June 27, 1838. 11 ')| t I i'L I n I>! 50 CORRESPONDENCE. ! [Jan. [TVo. 9.] Mr. Whipple to Mr. Madauchlan. STATE OF MAINE. Restook River, June 28, 1838. To Joi. Madauchlan, Esq. : Sir : — I have received your communication, dated 27th of the present month, wherein you claim to act as Warden of the "Disputed Territory," protesting, in behalf of Great Brit- ain, against my proceeding any further in surveying land and locating settlers on this river ; in answer to which I would beg leave to state, that I act under the authority, and by the com- mand of the government of the State of Maine, so far as the surveying of the land is concerned. As to the location of settlers, I have no further agency than to note the claims of different individuals to certain tracts, and to return the same to the Land Office at Bangor. Thus far, I consider my oath of office and instructions from government, require me to act; and in accordance with that belief, I shall act to the best of my judgment and ability, acknowledging no government or power, but that of the State under which I have the honor of acting, sufficient to control my duty or countermand the orders which govern my present movements. Yours, (Signed,) S. S. WHIPPLE, Surveyor GenH of the State of Maine* il it: REPORT or IRAFISH, Agent FOR CONSTRUCTING THE AROOSTOOK ROAD, DECEMBER, 15, 1838. i I •K ! ^! To 8tn the pai tiel we ha ■ coi W€ foi th< in( th( foi ah th se be vc C( To Oeorge W. Coffin, Land Agent of MaatachuietU, and Elijah L. Hamlin, Land Agent of Maine : The Bubacriber, appointed by you to superintend the con- struction of a part of the Aroostook road, having completed the work assigned him. would respectfully submit the following REPORT. About the tenth day of May last, we commenced work with a part of the men on the unfinished sections, and about the twen- tieth, the whole number of men for turnpiking and grubbing, were on the ground. Owing to the impossibility of procuring hay on the southern part of the road for the whole force, I commenced there with three crews only. The other four crews were located along the road in townships numbers three and four, where hay was plenty. One of the crews worked north, the other three south. I divided the road into sections, vary- ing from one mile to one mile and three fourths each, making them as nearly equal as possibls?, in the amount of labor required for their construction. One of the northerly crews finished their second section about the tenth of September. They were then removed to the northern part of the road, where they completed two short sections, to the thirty mile tree, about the thirteenth of Octo- ber, having finished their work in a very acceptable manner. I employed a man, with two horses and carts, with a crew varying from five to seven men, in carting gravel to cover the causeys and bridges, and in completing places where more 6* MR. FISH'S REPORT. [Jan. ' 54 gravel was wanted than could be found on the spot. For this purpose I am satisfied these teams are superior to ox teams. They performed their work well until the fall rains commenced, which was about ten days before they quit. Several long causeys in exposed situations then remained to be covered; but as the recent heavy rains rendered the earth which was carted, soft, the wheels cutting through to the log work, that I found it , would be very expensive finishing these places this season, and after covering them, so as to secure them from danger by frost, the ensuing winter, I discharged the teams about the twenty fourth of October. Should the road be continued, next year, and the same system pursued, the horse team and crew will have ample time to finish this work, before they would be wanted north of the thirty mile tree. The principal part of the labor which will be required on these causeys, will be in the vicinity of the Moluncas, on township number three, where the land is very low, and frequently overflowed by the freshets. Excepting these causeys, thirty miles of the Aroostook road is now completed, to township number Five in the Sixth Range. The foremen of the several crews have fully answered my expectation, and each crew appeared not only anxious to complete their sections as soon as any other crew, but to finish them in a thorough and workmanlike manner. As we pro- gressed northward, I found the ground more unfavorable than I had anticipated; hence the expenditures have somewhat exceeded my estimate. There are other reasons, however, why the expenses were greater than my estimate, some of which I will mention. When I made my Report last year, there was an abundance of bread-stuffs and provender for sale on the road ; but it was so late in the season before an appro- priation was made for continuing the construction of this road, that the holders of these supplies had sold them to the lumber- men. Hence, with the exception of what I was authorized to purchase during the winter, I was compelled to procure the bread-stuffs and provender from the towns of Lincoln, Lee \ !!' ! i 1839.] MR. FISH'S REPORT. 65 and Springfield, and transport them a distance of from twenty- five to seventy miles, and a part of the distance, over a road almost impassable. It will be seen from my accounts, that the transportation of these supplies was a heavy item. The unprecedented heavy rains which fell upon the road from the middle of May until the last of June, rendered it difficult to work at all, and impossible to prosecute the work with advantage. Although the road may have cost more than I had anticipated, I am satisfied, under all circum- stances, no more has been expended this season, than a proper regard to economy in making the whole road, would warrant. From the middle of September to the middle of October, the weather was fine; no flies to trouble us; the men experienced ; the teams in good condition ; the work was prosecuted under peculiar favorable circumstance, and I am satisfied more work was done during the last month, for the same expense, than in any other part of the season. I have constructed six new bridges during the season, vary- ing from one hundred to two hundred feet in length, and repaired several others in a permanent manner. The men being scattered over so large a portion of the road, my duties of superintending and directing the work have been extremely arduous; but I have endeavored to perform them to the best of my ability. That part of the road from the thirty mile tree to the Aroos- took river, has been repaired according to your directions. Jacob W. Stinchfield was employed to superintend this part of the work, and he commenced with a crew about the middle of August. He has levelled it; and made causeys and bridges, except across the Mattawamkeag, in such a manner as to make an excellent winter road. He finished his work about the twelfth of October, having completed it in a very economical and satisfactory manner. I found the road made last season, where it had become settled, Ill ! • 56 MR. FISH'S REPORT. [Jan. while m pia ^^^^.^^ comparatively soft, fV iiin. trees two rods in width, on each side of the road. "" d t be ln,ed ad,isah,o to complete the wWe or any j!,.Me D.rt of the road next season, it will be of the 'Z^^P'^c.^i.^r^ person shou.d be employed as elTy a practicable, to purchase a portion »f *!»»??''«'• ""f htve them deposited in proper situations. The hay .n particu- L° siouU beLnsported before the snow becomes deep, oth. I'ces where the several crews will encamp. It should be £n.r short distance from the "»<'. f« 7°"'" ° J"'""' Itte from passing teams, and then well stacked and thatched "i'trildihe experiment last year; it costs but little, and *e hay is perfectly secure. The little that I stacked, notw.th- stMdioK the heavy rains and hot weather, was as good as hay rendfrectly from the barn. Screwedhay will not keep, unless Us sccured'from the wet. As soon as the weather become, warm, after it has been wet, the hay will heat and .pod. It «ry difficult to transport hay any considerable distance on th.s 3 in the early part of the season, as well ->» account of the heavy r^ns so frequent in this region, as the difficulty of haul- ins it over roads, which are being made. Th; other supplies could be stored with the settlers, upon the road where they could be taken as they should be wanted. If no moTe supplies should be purchased, this winter, than won d be "quired until the first of July, when the road would hav. btcome dry and hard, the remainder might be transportca . wheeling, with a trifling additional expense. 1839.] MR. FISH'S REPORT. 67 Respecting the probable cost of the remaining part of the road, some portions appear very favorable for reading; but I am of opinion, however, that taking into consideration the addi- tional expense of transportation, the cost of making the road per mile, will be about equal to the cost of that part already completed. In addition to this, a bridge will be required across the West branch of the Mattawamkeag, which will cost seven or eight hundred dollars, provided it is built in a permanent manner. I have expended upon this road, the past season, the sum of twenty-five thousand six hundred twenty dollars and fifty cents, which with the amount expended last year, six thousand one hundred fifty-three dollars and sixty-two cents, makes the total expenditures for both years, thirty-one thousand seven hun- dred seventy-four dollars and twelve cents. Deducting from^ this, twelve hundred dollars, the amount expended by Mr. Stinchfield, beyond the thirty mile tree, also, eleven hundred seventeen dollars and seventy-nine cents, being the amount of notes taken for the sale of oxen, and deposited in the Land Office of Maine, also the present value of tools and camping apparatus on hand, e^itimated at twelve hundred dollars, leaves the whole cost of turnpiking thirty miles of the road, twenty-eight thousand two hundred fifty-six dollars and thirty-two cents, being something over nine hundred dollars, per mile. I herewith transmit my acccount and vouchers according to instructions. I have the honor to be, Most respectfully. Your ob't serv't, IRA FISH. December 15, 1838* « ii s REPORT or OLIVER FROST, UNDER THE RESOLVE OF MARCH 23, 1838, WITH A SCHEDULE AND PLANS OF ISLANDS, ON THE COAST OF MAINE, SEPTEMBER 21, 1838. F-^Kf"" '^^liW^''-'-'* ©T^Tl ©[F y^^DIHl LAND OFFICE, ) September 21, 1838. ) To Elijah L. Hamlin, Esq., Land Agent : Sir : Agreeably to your instructions under the "Resolve authorizing the Land Agent to procure certain plans, from the Land Office in Massachusetts, approved March 23, 1838, 1 have, by permission of the Land Agent of the Commonwealth, George W. Coffin, Esquire, made a care- ful examination of the records, plans and documents on file in that office, relating to the surveys and conveyances of the public lands, under the authority of said Common- wealth since the establishment of the Land Office in 1784; and, from this examination,! have prepared the accompa- nying Schedule, embracing all the islands on the coast of Maine, which have been surveyed under the authority aforesaid, and which were not embraced in any grant of main land. I have arranged them in the Table, according to the requirements of said Resolve, " designating all the islands sold by Massachusetts, the date of each sale, and the names of the respective purchasers,^'' — to which I have added the number of acres contained in each island — the page referring to the book of plans in the Land Office, where their relative situation may be seen — and those assigned to the State of Maine, in the division of lands between the Commonwealth, and since the separation. I have also made correct copies of the plans of all the islands contained in the abovenamed Schedule, which 6 >g)aBM MB. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan. !' 1 1 1^: 62 monwedth, and "« """ ^^^^^j.^ ^turned. '"^o^h^tm aSLdic,„fthe,>la^^ .„™f thirteen townships on the coast of M.me, and on he river St. Croix, made by R«f«s P"<»-' S-»;' TUcornb and Jonathan Stone, Esquires, m n94-95 ISer with the islands embraced within the.r respective i,n Us The'e surveys include the present towns of Jones- borough, Jonesport, Whiting, Cutler, Tre-ott Lubec, Eastport Pembroke, Perry, Dennysville Edmunds, Rob- binston, Charlotte. Calais, Baring and Baileyv.lle. It w U be seen, by reference to the plans herew.th returned, that there are many small islands and ledges, represented near the shores and contiguous to larger Xrand frequently connected with them by bars, of which 1 account was taken by surveyors. It .s supposed Tharthese were reckoned as a part of the mam and or slands with which they were connected-and m all apph- ctions for the purchase of such small .s'.and, no con- tated in the sldule, nor in the assignments to the respective States, care should be taken m all new con- tracts to preserve the equitable rights of the purchaser, of our larger Islands. It is beUeved that this Schedule, with the accompanying plans, will furnish to the Department ^IJ^^he mfor.^^^^^^^^^^ required by the Resolve before named, and they are herewith submitted by, Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, OLIVER FROST. [Jan. ice of rtified Corn- forty- rned. riginal le, and Samuel 4—95, pective ' Jones- Lubec, 1, Rob- erewith ledges, I larger bars, of apposed land or ill appli- tiot con- s to the lew con- irchasers tipanying formation they are mt, ROST. 1839.] MR. FROST'S REPORT 6d SCHEDULE OF ISLANDS On the coast of Maine, surveyed for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the years 1781 and 1785, by Rufus Put- nam, Jonathan Stone, Samuel Titcomb and John Matthews, —and in the year 1819, by James Malcolm,— being all the islands which have been surveyed within the State of Maine, under the authority of the Commonwealth ; giving the number of acres contained in each island — the names of the purchasers, and dates of the sales of such as have been alienated by the Commonwealth— the pago re*^rring to the general plan, showing their respective relative situ- ations,— and a designation of those assigned to the State of Maine, in the division of lands between the State and Commonwealth, since the separation. Islands. Nortli Fox Island South Fox Island Sheep do. Waterman's do. B. do. C. do. D. do. Sheep do. Long do. Arey's do. Jewell's do. Otter do. Brimstone do. Dog Fish do. Crockett's do. Brown's do. P. do. R. do. Burgess' do. Green's do. Hamilton's do. Great Isle of Holt Little Isle of Holt Acres. 52814 9500 20 140 62 25 93 15 200 46 40 30 50 10 150 200 15 180 60 350 60 4968 343 Purchasers. John Calderwood^ et als. after qui- > eting settlers ) same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same Assigned to Maine Solomon Kimball Date. March 13, 1786 Pg. 104 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 March 13, 1786 prior to 1820 (( I 106 64 MR. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan. Islands. White or Merchants 1. Burnt do. Sheep do. Flake do. Birch do. Webb's do. York do. Little Spoon do. Great Si)oon do. McLathery's do. Purchasers. Date. Bear Round A. R. P. Black G. Crotch Poor V. w ® 2 M I Camp H Indian do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Ash, or Saddleback I D do. B ^°' K ^o- L do. Mack do. p do. N do. B do. Head do. Little Deer do. State do. Eaton do. Tent do. Partridge do. Head do. Western do. 18(i Asaigned to Maine (JLiHenry Barter 1(54 Pelatiah Barter 3 George Kimball 9 Assigned to Maine 34i Asa Turner - 62 I Benjamin York 12 Jno. Carlton 2d et aJ. 15 Assicfned to Maine 91)1 David Coffin 4()3 Assigned to Maine 2i»i ' same 20 same 20'; same 24 \ same ^OJ Ilezekiah Rowell 4 same ion David Coffin 30 Hezekiah Rowell 3 David Thurlo 3 same 3 same 9 same 9 same 28 Hezekiah Rowell 43 same 4()| same 3 same 29^ same 54 same 4 same 4 same 9 same 6 same 10 Assigned to Maine 10 same 20 same 7 same 7 same 1624 John Reed 23 Elizabeth Temple 12 Assigned to Maine 64 same 7 I same 8 John R. Redman 16 Cotton Tufls Feb. 12, 1810 March 6, 1820 Aug. 5, 1815 Feb. 5, 1813 prior to 1820 Feb. 19, 1814 prior to 1820 Pe- rn u a u «t u (( {« M (( (( u u a Sept. 2, 1825 Sept, 2, 1825 I prior to 1820 Sept. 2, 1825 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 [Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Sept 2, 1825 Dec. 4, 1786 prior to 1820 Sept 17, 1823 Feb. 7, 1787 (( «( (« u u u u u u u u u (( t( • (( u M u u u u u u M 112 (( u u It M I" 1839.] MR FROST'S REPORT. 65 Pond Island Hog PicKcring's Bradbury'a Diana's Eagle Butter Oak Boar do. do. do. do. do. do. do. do. Great Spruce Head I Little Spruce Head do. Little Hog do. Beach do. Great Deer do. Moose do. Sheep do. Carnne do Torrey'a do. C do. E do. D do. F do, Harbour do, Black do. Campbell's do. B do. White do. Sheep do. Long , do, Bartlett'd or Hog do, Beach do. Moose do. Robertson's do, D. do, Ship do, Robertson's Bar do. Bear do. 32 47 20(5 142 7 2(i:3i 2()0 m 240 40 27i (i4 1G828 15 48i 31 21 14i l!>i 12il G2i 421 1)2^ 84i 28 70!i 40 4265 2066 205 50 442i 8i 71 32i 10 B do. A do. Holt's do. Small 1. op. Herd's Bay 7h m 12 4 Cotton TuOa same John Reed sauie Aasii,'iicd to Maine John Lee same same John Reed Cotton Tufts same same Granted to settlers Sanuiel Allen Gt'dtoinhab.Deerl Nathaniel Scott Jonathan Torrey same Benjamin York Assigned to Maine same same same John Campbell Assigned to Maine Solomon York A. & S. Thurston John Reed H.Jackson (claim- J ed by De Gre-S gorie) J Robert Haskell James Reed Joseph Vose Jonathan Tinker same Joseph Vose H.Jackson (claim- J ed by De Gre- > gorie) : Date. Peb77ri787 ~ Feb. 7, 1787 Dec. 4, 1786 Dec. 4, 1786 Feb. 14, 1787 Feb. 14, 1787 Feb. 14, 1787 Dec. 4, 1786 Feb. 7, 1787 Feb. 7, 1787 Feb. 7, 1787 prior to 1820 Oct. 18, 1819 prior to 1820 June 6, 1811 Dec. 19, 1789 Dec. 19, 1789 prior to 1820 Il2 it u « u a u u (( Nealand Osgood same prior to 1820 Aug. 28, 1824 Aug. 14, 1815 Dec. 4, 1786 Aug. 4, 1792 July 6, 1786 March 16, 1824 March 20, 1786 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 March 20, 1786 Aug. 4, 1792 Sept 24, 1832 Sept 24, 1832 113 114 116 115 u 113 115 u 128 130 129 132 130 126 6* !l 1 fl 66 lyiR. FROST'S REPORT. Islands. Little PlacenUa island Bar "^ North Duck d( South Duck d( Somes' d( WestCranbeny d( W. Cranberry Bar E. Cranberry Bar East Cranberry Sutton's Baker's Hopkins' Thomas' Acres. Purchasers. 2221 H.Jackson (claim- ed by De Gre- gorie) same same same same same same same same same same H.Jackson (claim ed by De Ore gorie) Date. [Jan. Pg. Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 Aug. 4, 1792 A o' B- d Stave d Jordan's d Black d Burnt ^ Bragdon's c Prebble's c Beal's t A do. Soward's do. Nichols or Ironbound I. Great Porcupine do, Middle Porcupine do Bar Porcupine do. Home or Scammel's do. Turtle do Lane or Schoodic Pt I. Seven Hundred Acre I. Bowbear Petit Menan Four Acre Pond Trafton's Jordan's B Knox or Nichols' Dyer's Z '\ 134 135 u 13G 137 Aug. 4, 1792 Nathaniel Jones William W. Farrott March 21, 1788 139 June 10, 1820 ' " Joseph Bragdon J. & S. Prebble John Bean William Ingalls John Bean Rh'dMeaghanetals William W. Parrott same same same same Benj. H. Hinds June 15, 1780 June 20, 1815 Juno 15, 1780 June 10, 1780 Oct. 27, 1825 Oct 28, 1814 June iO, 1820 June 10, 1820 June 10, 1820 June 1(5, 1820 June Ki, 1820 iJan.20,1819 March 0,1820 April 19,1821 Aug. 17,1837 March 0,1820 same March 0,1820 J & O Foster prior to 1820 Edw. H. Robbins Jr. March 0, 1820 same jMarch 0,1820 4 Edw. H. Robbins Jr 160 same 100 David Alexander Jr. 9ilEdw.H. Robbins Jr. 70 238i [Jan. Pg. 12 134 1839.] MR. FROST'S REPORT. 67 )2 u n 135 )2 u M 13G [)2 u i>2 (( t)2 (( 92 u 1)2 137 1)2 u ^92 ,1788 1820 178G 1815 178G 1780 1825 1814 1820 ,1820 ,1820 , 1820 , 1820 1819 w w (( 139 u I u I <( (C u ^^ u u 140 (( t( (( (( 144 153 154 5,1820 ),1821 7,1837 P), 1820 G, 1820 )1820 1155 6,1820 I " 6,1820 Islands. Acres. Purchasers. C Island Gourd do. Wass' do. Eagle do. Bheep do. Knowles' Night Cap I. Birch B Island Birch A do. Birch B Bar do. C or Nash's do. D do. B do. OorTabbut'sdo. L do. K do. A do. F do. H do. I do. E do. O do. H do. N do. P or Driscoe's Island Q, do. E do. S do. T do. U do. Township No. 22 Seal's Island B do. A do. H do. I do. G do. P do. C do. E do. F do. Head Harbor No. 1 1. Head Harbor No. 2 I. Head Harbor No. 3 I. Mark Island Motion's do. A do. Date. Edw. H. Robbins Jr. David Alexander Jr. Wilmot Wass same same Joseph Nash Aaron Lock Joseph Nash Aaron Lock Joseph Nash J. & Wilmot Wass Wilmot Wass James H. Sargent William M, rritt Aaron Wass D. & G. Look same James H. Sargent same same same same Aaron Wass Wm. P. Cummings James H. Sargent same same same [ same |john C. Jones & als John C. Jones same same same same same same same same same same same same same same same Pg. March 6, 1820 155 Aug. 17, 1837 March 3, 1820 March 3, 1820 March 3, 1820 March 4, 1820 Nov. 20, 1835 March 4, 1820 Nov. 10, 1825 March 4, 1820 March 3, 1820 March 3, 1820 Sept 17, 1823 March 4, 1820 March 4, 1820 March 4, 1820 March 4, 1820 Sept. 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 March 4, 1820 July 14, 1836 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 Sept 17, 1823 March 2, 17 8 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 162 162 163 164 u <( 165 t( (( u (( (( u (C 172 174 ii, (( (C 175 u E^ jiimiMil i I ' I '" 68 MR. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan. Islands. Great Moose Peckick I B Island C do. D do. F do. G do. H do. English Island Kennebec do. Buck Harbor NiBck Camp Island. Ram do. Foster's Island Bar do. Stones do. Two Larraby Islands Hog Island Knight's Island Round do. Bear do. Bar do. Chancy's do. Sebohegonnet or Cross Island Narrows Island B do. C do. A do. 1359 82 282i 42i m m 24 10 10 G080 10 10 25 65 37 110 28 58 74 (59 17i 36 1344 John C. Jones same same same same same same same same John C. Jones & als, John C. Jones same same same John O'Brien John C. Jones James Lyon John O'Brien same John C. Jones same James Lyon Phineas Bruce 7 John Dickinson 6 same 4 same 4 same TOWNSHIPS. No. 1 20726 2 29971 3 20734 4 17860 5 19392 6 17375 7 21183 8 214(50 9 20722 10 1769(5 Part of 11 23040 Part of 11 6720 12 ;J3136 Sprague's Neck 310 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 Jan. 1, 1789 March 2, 1788 Feb. 23, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 Feb. 27, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 June 22, 1787 Feb. 27, 1787 Feb. 27, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 Feb. 23, 1787 June 22, 1787 March 6, 1795 Jan. 17, 1820 Jan. 17, 1820 Jan. 17, 1820 Jan. 17, 1820 176 (( (( (( 177 (( u (( 186 180 (( (( (( 190 189 a 191 Benj. Lincoln & als same James Lock & als. Edward H. Bobbins Thomas Waterman William Bingham same Settlers William Bingham Aaron Hobart Washington Acad'y Jones & Peck John Allen & als. James Lyon March 6, 1786 March 6, 1786 1785 Oct 21, 1786 June 27, 1789 Jan. 28, 1793 Jan. 28, 1793 1785 to 1820 Jan. 28, 1793 Aug. 3, 1786 March 7, 1793 Dec. 9, 1794 July 2, 1792 June 22, 1787 205 204 209 206 207 209 211 201 200 203 198 199 187 I Pg. 176 (( u u 177 u u u (( ?88 186 87 180 1839.] MR. FROST'S REPORT. 69 Lots on the Isle of Holt, snrveyed by L, Lewis, 1803« 1 2 4 5 6 7 • 8 9&10 11 12&15 16 17&18 19&20 21&22 23&24 25&26 27&28 29&.30 31 ► 32&33 35 & 36 Common Lot 90 195 85 113i 169i 100 100 2114 123i 225 130 9U 1481 345 2504 285i 210 215i 172i a32 2251 13211 Robert Douglass Assigned to Maine Daniel Gilbert Henry Barter Pelatiah Barter Solomon Kimball Ebenezer Sawyer Assigned to Maine Charles Kempton Assigned to Maine Ebenezer Iceland Assigned to Maine same same same same same same William Barter Assigned to Maine same same Prior to 1820 do. do. do. do. do. do. Feb. 12, 1836 u (( (I u u u u u u u u u u K (( u u u u u % .■.".jassciaaesiis-si^ i i 'I tn 70 MR. FROST'S REPORT. [Jan. Islands surveyed by James Ma'colm, A. P. 1839. Islands. SeaFlsland Wooden Ball Island Ragged A. do. Norman's Land do. Ten Pound do. Wheaton's do. Brimstone do. Great Green do. Little Green do. Matiuic do. Hog do. Green do. Burnt do. Allen's do. Seavey's do. McCobb's do. Martiiiicus do. Monhegan do. Manannas do. Acres. Purchasers. Date. C5 i Assigned to Maine , 1171 Sam'l Rankins & al. Nov. 14, 1831 277 'Brockmau & Hall Nov. 14, 1831 20 Assigned to Maine 20 j aame 10 I same 30 iJohn Avery Jr. Nov. 14, 1831 95 'Ephraim Snow July 14, 1823 25 Joshua ThorndikeJr July 28, 1823 30 T..,.. flU IQOQ 10 10 220 300 40 30 744 1000 40 July 28, 1823 iJuly 28, 1823 , same Robert Thomdike Assigned to Maine same Gideon Allen & als. July 17, 1823 Ijohn Seavey jSept 17, 1823 'james McCobb Sept 17, 1823 Ussigned to Maine | iJosiah Sterling & als July 23, 1823 ' same jJuly 23, 1823 42 43 45 44 (( (( (( (( « u (( (( u u u 1 Extract from the Minutes of James Malcolm. « There are the Fox Islands and several small Islands about them, together with a number of Islands of con- siderable value in Penobscot Bay,— such as Job's Island, Lassell's Island, Lime Island, and Mark Island— but as they were not mentioned in my instructions I did not attend to them— although they are without the Waldo Patent." [Jan. ] Pg. 42 »1 43 m 45 44 u (( a^i u ^23 (( S23 « B23 (( 323 u u u 823 (( 1823 u 1823 (( (( 823 (( 823 1 « 1 colm. I Islands of con- i Island, —but as did not ! Waldo