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Shape of a Square Meer.

multiplication is the total number of square fathoms in the long meer. Forexample, the double measure is fourteen fathoms long and seven broad,which two numbers multiplied together make ninety-eight square fathoms.

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Shape of a Long Meer or Double Measure.

Since meers vary in shape according to the different varieties of veinsit is necessary for me to go more into detail concerning them andtheir measurements. If the vein is a vena profunda, the head meer iscomposed of three double measures, therefore it is forty-two fathoms inlength and seven in width, which numbers multiplied together give twohundred and ninety-four square fathoms, and by these limits the Bergmeisterbounds the owner’s rights in a head-meer.

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Shape of a Head Meer.

The area of every other meer consists of two double measures, on which-ever side of the head meer it lies, or whatever its number in order may be,that is to say, whether next to the head meer, or second, third, or any laternumber. Therefore, it is twenty-eight fathoms long and seven wide, somultiplying the length by the width we get one hundred and ninety-sixsquare fathoms, which is the extent of the meer, and by these boundariesthe Bergmeister defines the right of the owner or company over each mine.

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