MDMD: 395.31 "Tom takes a Relative interest in West lines"

[Terrance]

Doug Millison wrote:
> 
> knowing "[...] that Tom Pynchon's father was a
> surveyor, I was intrigued by the possible readings of the line at 395.31:
> 
> "Tom takes a Relative interest in West lines," quips the Landlord, "his
> father having help'd run the one that forms our own southern border."
> 
> (In addition to being capitalized, Relative is emphasized with italics in
> the text.)

One can ride a  mountain bike along the Pynchon surveyed line across
Long Island--that is, from world famous Jones Beach (the area surveyed
by William Pynchon) all the way to Cold Spring Harbor--past P's house.
One passes through Indian Lands along the way--these are now parks and
museums. It's the best North South trail on Long Island. You could also
walk or run it or ride parts of it on a  road bike, skipping the trails
where you would need a mountain bike.