Forest Life and Forest Trees: 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

Penobscot River.--Its various Names.--Character of the Country through which it flows.--Its Length.--The vast Extent of Territory which it drains.--Its Multitude of Lakes.--Moun...

The Skill and Enterprise of Lumbermen.--Method of taking Logs down Hills and Mountains.--Dry Sluice.--Stern Anchor.--Giant Mountain Steps.--Alpine Lumbering.--Warping a Team dow...

The Pine twenty-five Years ago.--Its rapid Disappearance.--Explorations. --Outfit.--Up-river Journeying.--Its Distance.--Mode of Nightly Encampment.--Cooking.--Disturbed Slumber...

Log-landing.--Laborious Exposure.--Damming Streams.--Exciting Scenes. --Log-riding.--Fun.--Breaking a Dry-landing.--A sudden Death.-- Thrilling Scenes on the "Nesourdnehunk."--L...

Tokens of Winter.--The Anticipation.--Introduction of Team.-- Difficulties attending it.--Uncomfortable Boating.--The Contrast.--Method of crossing Streams and Rivers.--The Doci...

Method of constructing Camp and Hovel.--Timber.--Covering.--Arrangement of Interior.--The Bed.--Deacon Seat.--Ingenious Method of making a Seat.--Cooking: superior Method of Bak...

Camp Life.--Winter Evenings.--An Evening in Camp.--Characters.-- Card-playing.--A Song.--Collision with wild Beasts.--The unknown Animal in a Dilemma.--"Indian Devil."--The Abor...

Object of the Chapter.--Description of St. John's River.--First Falls.--Contiguous Country.--"Mars Hill."--Prospect.--Grand Falls. --The Acadians, curious Facts respecting them....

Length of Kennebeck.--Moose-head Lake.--Its peculiar Shape.--Its Islands.--Burned Jacket.--Interesting Deposit.--Mount Kineo.--The Prospect from its Summit.--Moose River.--Old I...

The Elm.--English Elm.--Scotch Elm.--Slippery Elm.--American Elm. --Superiority of latter.--Different Shapes, how accounted for.-- Great Elm on Boston Common.--Rapidity of Growt...

Observations on the St. Croix River.--Boundary Line.--Pine Timber. --Agriculture in the Interior.--Youthful Associations with Grand Lake.--Traditionary Name of Grand Lake.--Lake...

Beech-trees.--Purity, Size, Fruit.--Efforts of Bears after the Nut.--The Uses to which its Leaves are appropriated.--Mr. Lauder's Testimony, &c.--Use of Wood.--Singular Exemptio...

The Pines.--White Pines: rank claimed for this Variety.-- Predilections.--Comparison instituted.--Pitch and Norway Pines. --White Pine.--Magnitude.--New York Pines.--Lambert's P...

Provision Teams.--Liabilities.--A Night in the Woods.--Traveling on Ice.--A Span of Horses lost.--Pat's Adventure.--Drogers' Caravan.-- Horses in the Water.--Recovery of a sunke...

Trees, how regarded by Lumbermen.--Cedars of Lebanon.--Oldest Tree on Record.--Napoleon's Regard for it.--Dimensions.--Durability of the Cedar, how accounted for.--The Oak.--Rel...

The time for breaking up is determined by various circumstances; sometimes an early spring, warm rains, and thawing days render the snow roads impassable for further log hauling...

Object of the Chapter.--Description of St. John's River.--First Falls.--Contiguous Country.--"Mars Hill."--Prospect.--Grand Falls. --The Acadians, curious Facts respecting them....

Trees, how regarded by Lumbermen.--Cedars of Lebanon.--Oldest Tree on Record.--Napoleon's Regard for it.--Dimensions.--Durability of the Cedar, how accounted for.--The Oak.--Rel...

The Elm.--English Elm.--Scotch Elm.--Slippery Elm.--American Elm.--Superiority of latter.--Different Shapes, how accounted for.--Great Elm on Boston Common.--Rapidity of Growth....

Penobscot River.--Its various Names.--Character of the Country through which it flows.--Its Length.--The vast Extent of Territory which it drains.--Its Multitude of Lakes.--Moun...

Length of Kennebeck.--Moose-head Lake.--Its peculiar Shape.--Its Islands.--Burned Jacket.--Interesting Deposit.--Mount Kineo.--The Prospect from its Summit.--Moose River.--Old I...

Log-landing.--Laborious Exposure.--Damming Streams.--Exciting Scenes.--Log-riding.--Fun.--Breaking a Dry-landing.--A sudden Death.--Thrilling Scenes on the "Nesourdnehunk."--Lak...

The Skill and Enterprise of Lumbermen.--Method of taking Logs down Hills and Mountains.--Dry Sluice.--Stern Anchor.--Giant Mountain Steps.--Alpine Lumbering.--Warping a Team dow...

Tokens of Winter.--The Anticipation.--Introduction of Team.-- Difficulties attending it.--Uncomfortable Boating.--The Contrast. --Method of crossing Streams and Rivers.--The Doc...

Method of constructing Camp and Hovel.--Timber.--Covering.--Arrangement of Interior.--The Bed.-- Deacon Seat.--Ingenious Method of making a Seat.--Cooking: superior Method of Ba...

Beech-trees.--Purity, Size, Fruit.--Efforts of Bears after the Nut.--The Uses to which its Leaves are appropriated.--Mr. Lauder's Testimony, &c.--Use of Wood.--Singular Exemptio...

The Pine twenty-five Years ago.--Its rapid Disappearance.--Explorations.--Outfit.--Up-river Journeying.--Its Distance.--Mode of Nightly Encampment.--Cooking.--Disturbed Slumbers...

Observations on the St. Croix River.--Boundary Line.--Pine Timber. --Agriculture in the Interior.--Youthful Associations with Grand Lake.--Traditionary Name of Grand Lake.--Lake...

Camp Life.--Winter Evenings.--An Evening in Camp.--Characters.-- Card-playing.--A Song.--Collision with wild Beasts.--The unknown Animal in a Dilemma.--"Indian Devil."--The Abor...

The Pines.--White Pines: rank claimed for this Variety.--Predilections. --Comparison instituted.--Pitch and Norway Pines.--White Pine.-- Magnitude.--New York Pines.--Lambert's P...

Provision Teams.--Liabilities.--A Night in the Woods.--Traveling on Ice.--A Span of Horses lost.--Pat's Adventure.--Drogers' Caravan. --Horses in the Water.--Recovery of a sunke...