. The railroad and engineering journal . E. chains to a post ; thence S. 36° E. to a boundary stone at 3 ; and Ihence S. 45^° W. to the place of beginning. To make a plan of such a piece of land, or to phi it, as it is. Fig. 225. called, first fix upon a scale—in the present instance J in. = 1chain. Then, through the point of beginning i, draw a straightline rt 1, to represent a meridian, or north and south line. FromI lay off the angle a I b = the bearing on the left or west sideof the meridian, above or north of i, and measure off the firstdistance or course I 2 e
. The railroad and engineering journal . E. chains to a post ; thence S. 36° E. to a boundary stone at 3 ; and Ihence S. 45^° W. to the place of beginning. To make a plan of such a piece of land, or to phi it, as it is. Fig. 225. called, first fix upon a scale—in the present instance J in. = 1chain. Then, through the point of beginning i, draw a straightline rt 1, to represent a meridian, or north and south line. FromI lay off the angle a I b = the bearing on the left or west sideof the meridian, above or north of i, and measure off the firstdistance or course I 2 equal to 10 chains on the line i b draw another line or meridian 2 c through 2 and parallelto 1 a, and lay oft the angle eld north and east of 2 r = 62J =the second bearing, and measure off on 2 d extended the dis-tance 2 3, chains = the second course. Through 3 drawthe meridian 3 e and proceed as before, noting that as the thirdbearing is S. and E., that the angle e i f must be laid off be-low or south, and on the right-hand side or east of 3. Themeridians must, of course, all be parallel to each other. Or-dinarily, lines drawn perpendicular to the lower edge of thepaper are the most convenient for the representation o
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