. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Outdoor life; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières; Plein air. 140 THE riNE-TREE, OR t' in^ harnesses, and doing- other dama|:^e, which occasioned consid- erable dehiy, and much swearing among the exasperated team- sters. One of our little teamsters was so e
. Forest life and forest trees [microform] : comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure : with descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. Forests and forestry; Forests and forestry; Forest reserves; Forest reserves; Outdoor life; Forêts et sylviculture; Forêts et sylviculture; Réserves forestières; Réserves forestières; Plein air. 140 THE riNE-TREE, OR t' in^ harnesses, and doing- other dama|:^e, which occasioned consid- erable dehiy, and much swearing among the exasperated team- sters. One of our little teamsters was so enraged that he chal- lenged the whole company to fight him. I really believe ho would have engaged any one, or any number of them, had they halted. During the first three or four days' travel, particularly up the Penobscot, wc find taverns at convenient distances for the ac- commodation of travelers, after which we leave, on some of the up-river rouies, all settlements, for the distant and wild locations of the logging-camps. All along these solitary routes, at con- venient distances, of late years, log shanties have been erected for tbi! accommodation, principally, of supply-teams, where, dur- ing the winter, the temporary inn-holders do a driving business, abandoning the premises when the traveling season is It may not be uninteresting to take a peep into one of these log taverns. Wc see hero, then, rude walls thrown up of round logs, notched togotlior at the oiuls—a building about as high as a conniion onc-nlory lionr^c, covered with ^liinglcs laid upon ribs I ( f. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Springer, John S. New York : Harper
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