By contrast, a Public Land Survey System legal description of the same property would be something like "SW 1/4 SW1/4 NE1/4 SW1/4 SEC 18 T1S R1E". The metes and bounds description may be something like, "Beginning at a monument located at the SE corner of the property now or formerly of J.W. Smith; thence north 330 feet to a point; thence east 330 feet to a point; thence south 330 feet to a point, thence west 330 feet to the place of beginning."