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

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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 Indian.--The Banks of the Kennebeck.--Beauties of the Country, &c.--Lumber on Dead River. --Falls at Waterville.--Skowhegan Falls.--Arnold's Encampment.-- Nau-lau-chu-wak.--Caritunk Falls.--Lumber.--Statistics.--Author's Acknowledgments.--Androscoggin.--Course and other Peculiarities. --A question of Rivalry.--Water Power.--Original Indications.-- Interesting Sketch of Rumford Falls.--Estimated Water Power.-- Lumber Statistics.--Droughts and Freshets.--Umbagog Lake.--The serpentine Megalloway.--Granite Mountains.--Beautiful Foliage.-- Romantic Falls.--Character of Country.--Manner of Life in Log-cutting, &c.--Statistics, &c.--Presumpscot River, great Water-powers of.--Warmth of Water.--Statistical Remarks.--Saco River 227