New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-02
: ndionrned nntll to-molrow.
ruE ADIRoNDACK REGION.
SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT or ysrPLANcK CALVIN,
THE sUPFRNTENDENr or THE SURVEY.

SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT or fEfPLANth CALVIN,
THE SUPERINTENDENT or THE SURVEY
ALBANY. March 1.-The seventh annual re-
MORT o, yerplanc Calvin superintendent Of the New
York state Adirondack survey has Just been published,
and forms volume o. over $50 pages with engravDss,
and maps OF the region The report
carries The account Or the explorations and measure
ments down the present time. aud records very many
perlous adventures experienced IN carrying on The
work In The remote sections Of the wilderness. II tolls
OF lakes 50 swarmng with fish that they were taken
from the water by unaded hand; yet other and
more sections ia dense forests IN the mountains
OF the saGring OF survey partesds t9ut many days
tourney from tho settlements and dcocudent upon che
knapsack loads o. provisions brought in hy guides who
separated from their party by floods u the rivers
unable 10 reacn them except by wadlDg through deep
waters breast nigh, and through flooded adcr svamPs
Notwithstanding all these obstlclc' tEc survey pro
cecded from DAY 10 DAY, while Tie placed
upon ratons OF traspooufu OF cracker crumbs each
and the careful measurements with transit and steel
ribbon with thermometer ana spring balance attach
ens for nice mea-dr~men were carried on m the deeD
forest; while I'm rrut direct other parties Of The
sury.v n hundred miles distant were working. also
restoring lines and setting Stone monuments I'm the
mace of the crumbling stakes by the colonial
ors century and rendering possible for the State
auhoutes 10 know the position and value OF the wild
forest lands which remain The only great forests
owned by The state.
set the elshts are measured with engineers level and
rod ard the stations ocuchmaTks cut IN the stone
with numbers referring 10 the aUle Of heights gwen ia
This volume correct to the thoussudh part O, foot
the lines being checked and tested.
Tbtrtv-nlue plates and maps accompany the report.
Tine Narrative tells OF living on bears meat oi camps
IN the deep SHOWS 81 the North, win the temperature
far below gro; OF nerds oi deer; OF ihr encounter WIN
ana shooting or = pautheT; OF measurements made ON
me zee OK 'S s T' iIah Gesp hoi's ruj tr6 Tie
f.kt a La
and trigouomctrich measurements re detailed. lhr
Variation OF tue magnetic needle ms also "-eh stul,d
ami table she w what singular changes occur ~ thl7
tnunitnnt element even at short G,Ialcts I'D tus re-
non OF itOn-rock and loadStonc. For hst OF sur
y .ors and Others runuing thc lines OF lumber lands )l
r r,onertv and Tor the subordinate paroles OF this
stI,cv "a series OF tables has been computed IN tie
Sufyr Oncp showing The lime whcu the pole star Will
Inc rs complete tables OF this desc ptiOn ever pub
-h.d aud will possess permanent value aud Insure
Yv,N,be Tor any part Of the Northern Hemisphere.
These vau tbe tables are quite MrSr ana IhOsr heF-
.>rd uht 30 secure M Vo uule ~ "'ce ~ "IiuhE 10
their member of Assembly OF oenA'"I WI" mas C"ih Vi
Tine hydUgrpEy and river surveys are 5estexpleincd
tr tLe mana. wbicn are printed cOlOrs. As
,,pe ~ their value attention may be called to the
which auos the true form or the Lower Saranac Lake,
a brqutiull sheet OF water containing tnlrtN-!brte
-lauds The best OF the old maps snO" 10 Islands al
All IN the lake, ana some o the tourists maps Only ten
or eleven isunds instead OF the actual thirty taree
shown by the surrey ,.,,,.
ont Inc REGION the description height N the bench
mnrls chapters dwelling, and interesting iuvestigG
tuus In harOmrtrlc hyps0meuy, wherein III Is SHOWN
tnst i'm This REGION the noun ain barometer gives
me ghts too high from teen to sixty feet depending
men The altIilue measured.
Shar are cbauters on rainfall zoology botany nnd
rooloRy containing account OF the animals and
nlauts discovered while the detailed descriptions OF tue
IRON deposits Of the AdrondAcks WIN OF ores
and desci ptoLs Of the methods IN IRON WORKING now ~
Use IN the region. are very interesting