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

CHAPTER II.

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Log-landing.--Laborious Exposure.--Damming Streams.--Exciting Scenes.--Log-riding.--Fun.--Breaking a Dry-landing.--A sudden Death.--Thrilling Scenes on the "Nesourdnehunk."--Lake-driving.-- Steam Tow-boat.--Remarks on Lake Navigation.--Driving the main River.--Union of Crews.--Substantial Jokes.--Log Marks.--Dangers of River-driving.--Sad Feelings over the Grave of a River-driver. --Singular Substitute for a Coffin.--Burial of a River-driver.-- A Log Jam.--Great Excitement.--A Boat swamped.--A Man drowned.-- Narrow Escape.--Mode of Living on the River.--Wangun.--Antidote for Asthma.--The Wangun swamped.--An awful Struggle.--The miraculous Escape.--Driving among the Islands.--Amusing Exertions at identifying.--Consummation of Driving.--The Claims of lumbering Business for greater Prominence.--The Boom 155