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Show HOW TREESARE BLAZED. Records Thus Made in the Woods Are Said to Be Ineffaceable and Most Trustworthy. No Mnlne woodsmi 1 guile or ennip- 1 .r ncula to bi tnl I tin meaning of I blui In kno'ia It is he kuoni the alplMliet The dl tlonars detlTiea bhue , To Indliale 01 mirk out, na h cutting cut-ting off plms of the liurk of n number of tn 1 h In Bin ci salmi, ns to blaie a imth thiniigh a foi.sl In the carh daa when Maine waB nearl all forest whin .leu lugs were 1 being inndi' nnd tliere weie few 01 10 I loads tiaiel from plai. to luce or f from neighbor to uilghbni wna .ic.nm- I pushed b meniiH of paths blnaed I thiniigh the wools Hunters mil. woodsmen lire tu lite habit of bulging Ihelr course through the deep wnodi In 1 ordet tint the) limy not beiouie lost 1 or lose time In tlulr tiniela io Id ie la in nip off with in o or tbitebet u isirtlon f ihe lork of Uee iiunks lulling lul-ling de,p inuugh to take mt 11 iImo of 1 the wood along with the bmk In blna- I lug foi 1 piith i) small tiecs are rut. t while In hlHiltig fir the bound of a lot or town hi for a farm line laiger I trees nre selected the blase lielng jsuqIIi madi about breast high 'U hen I lumen r as la often the case blnalng 1 la lone In winter, when the snow la 1 deep, by men Hauling on aniwsho. I Ihe mark a higher up on Ihe tri s I After suih bliixia lime become grown oiti uint In mil s iuenl enra it be cornea net t saury to perambulate the lima thus nude tho turieor have to I examine the tre.s high up on the Hunk 1 which la slow and dim. ul! wnk III nun lit 1 line or estsibtlahlng hounds tin mgh 1 foicat the surioi I blun'a lu thli muinm If the line goes to the left of trie designed to bo I blamd Ibe iiee Is Waned upon the light ido if the line goe to the rlRht the tne Is lilnzi I upon tin left side while If Hie line strlkia the tru falrlj. then th hunk Is bliid un it Imth sides In tunning n boundar line nt 11 corner white two lines mine together cither a monument la (reeled 1 stake nml Ion bouldeis constituting su h 11 moii-urn. moii-urn. ut, ui u tree l bl lied on ull four sldia or perhaps, four heee blazes, to Indicate aa nenrlv ns jmsalble the turning turn-ing point nf the Hm The pcimmieno of the recor.j made bj blailng hees la ipilte remarkTible mid It Is 11 milter nf fact that In min emu a of dlspUtcM lines of boundaries of Iota lu finest lands the iiiuita hits p held the lecurd of the bluzr as mi 111 I Ii lit un.l lelbible Mbere c ireftilly iinwn pinna nn.l formall) att.s' 1 tl tie dee Is lone been vet aside aa eon t lining posslbl. crmii The wounl of II hlael tici benls oicr, but neecr so iomp)l.l that the scar will not lend 11) be ictounlxel b Ihe expeilen el Imodium!, theieforo a.i long j the hluxeil tieo aiapea tire mid the ux of the lumhetm in, so long that tree la 1111 Incfraiiuhlc leeoi.l of the line ua stir eyed The aurieyors reenrdpd tlg-111, tlg-111, s ina be in emi and his wititen bat ilptlnu ma not mint lib with the line hn baa tran I on the uee trunks with hla Imtihet, but biases me un-1 un-1 hanging, nnd lu a court of hm the are Indisputable evlden. e TIlC) 1 an not be made to lie no oroaa-exauilna-tl 11 m .i.nfuse tin in 1 ni influent n 'ute ibeni Thc fix latis aa a u-rat. u-rat. 1 isthi pieei ic Ilia, ilplions tbe mill 1 Hh. II wlilih haa rfMl! 0111 the star Is nt iiwus n.ml Dip lings In the wood hem nth tho bulk leaiiri lo tho It |