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:68 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTwith a blaze and notch facing the post; but on themargins of navigable rivers or lakes the trees aremarked with the number of the fractional section,township, and range. Arabic figures are used exclusively.Corner Marks.—The following corners aremarked(i) For township boundaries, at intervals ofevery six miles.(2) For section boundaries, at intervals of everymile.(3) For quarter-section boundaries, at intervals ofone-half mile (with exceptions).(4) Meander corners, wherever lines intersectbanks of rivers, etc., directed to be meandered.Witness corners bear the same marks as those oftrue corners, plus the letters W. C.Four different modes of perpetuating corners areemployed, in the following order of choice:( 1 ) Corner trees, when a tree not less than fiveinches in diameter stands immediately in place.(2) Stone corners, where procurable. Thesemust be at least 14 inches long. Stones 14 to 18inches long are set two-thirds and larger ones threefourthsof their length in the ground.(3) Posts and witnesses. The latter are treesadjacent, in opposite directions, each with a smoothblaze facing the corner, with a notch at the lowerend, and with the number of township, range, andsection; below this, near the ground, on a smoothblaze are marked the letters B. T. ("bearing tree").Blazes may be omitted from smooth-barked trees.Where there are no trees, witness pits are dug, twofeet square, and at least one foot deep.(4) Posts and mounds. A mound is erectedaround the corner post, and a marked stone, or somedeposited a foot belowcharcoal, or a charred stake, isthe surface on the side toward which the line runs.Township Corner Post.—This projects two feetabove the ground, the projecting part being squared.