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lunch is eaten at 9, second lunch at 2, and supper at 7. In case 

 the men work at niglit an extra meal is eaten at midnight. The 

 drivers sleep in a hirge tent and usually go to bed as soon as their 

 supper is eaten. On the drive, as in the woods, two l)lankets, or 

 "spreads," are loaned each man; but the usual practice is for two 

 men to place one pair under them and the other over them. The 

 men almost invariably sleep with hats on. Only their corked shoes 

 are removed, and even if a man be wet to his neck he goes to bed in 

 this way. During tlie night his clothes dry, and simply putting on 

 his shoes in the morning prepares him for breakfast and work. 



After the first few days of the driving the men seldom stop more 

 than one night in a place and the camp moves forward correspond- 

 ingly. The moving while "driving" on streams is by teams, but on 

 the lakes boats are used. The move is usually made as soon as first 

 lunch is cooked, and on arriving at the new camping ground the men 

 are fed at the usual hour. There is a tent in which the cook's sup- 

 plies are kept and the mixing board is placed. In it also the cook 

 and "cookees" sleep. 



On th(^ drive no tables are used, but when the food is ready for the 

 men the cook cries "Eat 'er up." A knife and tin plate are seized 

 and each man puts his food upon his plate. The tea, which is always 

 a part of the meal, is poured by the "cookees" and then the men sit 

 down wherever they wish and literally proceed to "eat 'er up." At 

 the first and second lunches the food is brought to the men by the 

 "cookees" and they eat wherever they may happen to be at the time. 



THE DIETARY STUDIES. 



Three studies of the food eaten by lumbermen at work in the Maine 

 woods were made in the winter and spring of -1901-2, and two addi- 

 tional studies in the winter of 1902-3. The camps of both these win- 

 ters were located near Lake Onawa in Elliotsville Plantation, Piscata- 

 quis Count}", in the heart of the Maine woods. The camps were about 

 15 miles from Onawa station on the Canadian Pacific Railroad and 

 about 25 miles from the foot of Moosehead Lake. 



The crew in the camps studied was made up almost wholly of 

 French Canadians. The men were for the most part from 25 to 30 

 years old, of good working weight, generally about 1(30 pounds, and 

 were an active, rugged set of men at the best age for hard work. On 

 their return to their homes many of them lead a wild life until their 

 winter earnings are gone, but in camp they are strictly temperate and 

 do a full day's work six daj's in the week. 



The men were paid from $26 to $30 per month in addition to their 

 board, the average wages being, perhaps, $28. 



Generally speaking, the same men were in at least two of the stud- 

 ies, and many of them were in three or more of them. The initials, 

 birthplace, age, weight, and occupation of the entire crew are given 

 in connection with the report of each study. 



