Have a McGuffey's Reader WALL Chart on my wall [Map case-blackboard out of a 1 room school] open to 1 link = 7.92 inches 1 rod=25 links [= 16 1\2 ft\ = perch 1 chain - 4 rods-66 feet 1 mile = 80 chains 1 sq mile = 640 acres 1 acre = 10 [square?] chains 1 sq chain = 16 poles 1 pole = 625 sq links c.c = chain carrier m = marker of no. of chains pilot= ?guide On Tue, 24 Aug 1999 21:11:38 -0400 "Donna Clark" <drae@mlynk.com> writes: >Thank you all for your response to the perches question--but as I go >on >here--I found one that has degrees, perches and then 'links" >i.e.--" 9 links to a white oak" >Do you guys also know what links are? >For those interested, I was informed that a perch is the same as a >rod---16 >1/2 feet. >Thanks >Donna C. > > >==== PAFAYETT Mailing List ==== >The Fayette County Genealogical Society- >http://www.hhs.net/sss/fayette/fcgsinfo.htm > ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.