The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ELEPHANT ISLAND. another similar shore a few miles below, were the only deposits of lime-stone that we saw in all that region. At the outlet of Richs Lake were the ruins of a dam and lumber. LUMBER DAM AND SLUICE sluicj, similar in construction and intended use to that of ProfessorBenedict at Fountain Lake. The object of such structures, which occur 20 THE HUDSON. on the Upper Hudson, is to gather the logs that float from above, andthen, by letting out the accumulated waters by the sluice,* give a flood tothe shallow, rocky outlets, sufficient to ca
The Hudson, from the wilderness to the sea . ELEPHANT ISLAND. another similar shore a few miles below, were the only deposits of lime-stone that we saw in all that region. At the outlet of Richs Lake were the ruins of a dam and lumber. LUMBER DAM AND SLUICE sluicj, similar in construction and intended use to that of ProfessorBenedict at Fountain Lake. The object of such structures, which occur 20 THE HUDSON. on the Upper Hudson, is to gather the logs that float from above, andthen, by letting out the accumulated waters by the sluice,* give a flood tothe shallow, rocky outlets, sufficient to carry them all into the next lakebelow, where the process is repeated. These logs of pine, hemlock,cedar, and spruce, are cut upon the borders of the streams, marked onthe ends by a single blow with a hammer, on the face of which is themonogram of the owner, and then cast into the waters to be gathered andclaimed perhaps at the great boom near Glens Falls, a hundred milesbelow. We shall again refer to this process of collecting lumber fromthe mountains. i^T^rL ^M^ CHAPTER II.
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