A guide-book to Norumbega and Vineland . , ashand other trees. It has a beautiful curly grain,and is so tough that it can be worked into ex-tremely thin forms without danger of warpingor cracking. It is capable of receiving a highpolish and is very decorative. The collecting of masur wood from theseprimal forests was an important industry of theNorthmen, and we find constant evidences of itin the dams, ditches and canals, which in greatnumbers have been brought to our notice byProfessor Horsford. Thorfinns directions to his men to fell thewood, hew it, carry it to the ship and pile it onthe cl
A guide-book to Norumbega and Vineland . , ashand other trees. It has a beautiful curly grain,and is so tough that it can be worked into ex-tremely thin forms without danger of warpingor cracking. It is capable of receiving a highpolish and is very decorative. The collecting of masur wood from theseprimal forests was an important industry of theNorthmen, and we find constant evidences of itin the dams, ditches and canals, which in greatnumbers have been brought to our notice byProfessor Horsford. Thorfinns directions to his men to fell thewood, hew it, carry it to the ship and pile it onthe cliff near by to dry, is more descriptivethan we at first realize. The tree was firstfelled and tlien the valuable wood cut off orhewn into blocks of convenient size to handle. As there were no means for transportationother than water, the blocks had to be floateddown the streams to the ships at Gerrys Land-ing. But the wood was wet and must needs bepiled upon the cliff to dry. The cliff we do not find, but we have ac-.
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