land surveying

The act, art, or science of surveying or determining the boundaries or superficial contents of any portion of land, as of an estate, a farm, a township, ., and of laying the same down on a map or plan accurately. IMG:content-0351.png:[blocks in formation] (mn as m), v . t . [A doubtful word; perhaps from land and damn: or a misprint or corruption of lord , damn.] To banish from the land. *lande, s . (Fr.) A heathy and sandy plain unsuited for bearing grain. From the vast extent of landes (about four fifths of the total area) which it contains, the third department of France, in point of size, derives its name. The landes lie to the north of the Adour, while the country to the south of that river is fertile. The northern portion consists of heath, with occasional clumps of trees and brushwood, or of mora es, lagoons, and shifting sands. Of the whole area (about 2,250,000 acres), nearly one-half is waste, a third under wood, and little more than a sixth arable. Buffaloes abound in the reedy swamps, and herds of wild horses roam over the heaths. In the more secluded and desolate tracts the inhabitants have peculiarities both of dre and living, which give them a strong resemblance to half-savage and nomadic tribes. The landes are very thinly populated, the inhabitants gaining a miserable subsistence by fishing, by such agriculture as is po ible, and by keeping cows and sheep. The shepherds make use of stilts, that their in creased height may give them a greater range of vision, and, when fatigued, sit on a pole with a head somewhat like that of a crutch, and while away the time in knitting. lănd-ěd, a. [Eng. land; -ed.] 1. Having an estate in land; po e ing a real estate; as, a landed proprietor. 2. Consisting of land or real estate; as, landed [PILE.] IMG:content-0352.png:[blocks in formation]