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&c. For an explanatory example, suppose the designation of the township at the bottom of the right hand column is required. The square in question, is in the parallel numbered V south of the base line, and IV east of the principal meridian. It is therefore called town five south, range four east.
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The townships are divided into sections of a square
mile each, as in town No. 4 north, range No. 3 east.
The figure {page 178} is a larger representation of a township, showing how it is divided and numbered.
The faint lines represent the divisions of sections into quarters of 160 acres each. At the auctions {153} of public lands, and at subsequent sales, lots of this extent