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<blockquote data-quote="Leif" data-source="post: 6167497" data-attributes="member: 48762">Privet Constable&quot;Ahh, very well, then,&quot; says the Privet Constable, as he withdraws a map from his desk and spreads it on a nearby table.&nbsp; &quot;The village is here, you see,&quot; he says, indicating, &quot;and the disappearances seem to be occurring in this region,&quot; here he indicates a region approximately eight miles distant from the village, and roughly two miles wide by one mile deep.&nbsp; The area that he indicates is mostly heavily forested with some rolling hills.&nbsp; It also includes a stream crossed at two points by bridges, with fords at two other places, one bridge and one ford being within the area that the Privet Constable has indicated.&nbsp; &quot;And this area,&quot; he says, pointing to a region near the middle of the two miles by one mile area in question, &quot;is some of the most dense and impenetrable forest in the whole region.&nbsp; That means that it is very likely that this map does not show it correctly, but that the cartographers just 'presumed' the sort of terrain to be found there, because they couldn't find anyone foolhardy enough to actually survey the area in person.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Leif, post: 6167497, member: 48762"] [b]Privet Constable[/b] [color=yellow]"Ahh, very well, then,"[/color] says the Privet Constable, as he withdraws a map from his desk and spreads it on a nearby table. [color=yellow]"The village is [i]here[/i], you see,"[/color] he says, indicating, [color=yellow]"and the disappearances seem to be occurring in [i]this[/i] region,"[/color] here he indicates a region approximately eight miles distant from the village, and roughly two miles wide by one mile deep. The area that he indicates is mostly heavily forested with some rolling hills. It also includes a stream crossed at two points by bridges, with fords at two other places, one bridge and one ford being within the area that the Privet Constable has indicated. [color=yellow]"And [i]this[/i] area,"[/color] he says, pointing to a region near the middle of the two miles by one mile area in question, [color=yellow]"is some of the most dense and impenetrable forest in the whole region. That means that it is very likely that this map does not show it correctly, but that the cartographers just 'presumed' the sort of terrain to be found there, because they couldn't find anyone foolhardy enough to actually survey the area in person."[/color] [/QUOTE]

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