"Hand-Loggers" of British Columbia. 567 



plied his trade almost anywhere he saw fit — on private holdings 

 as well as on the Government Reserve. With the increase in 

 the values of timber, however, and the stricter watch on privately 

 owned tracts, the hand-logger finds his field of operation greatly 

 curtailed. The number of hand-loggers operating this year is 

 insignificant when compared with the number engaged in this 

 industry three or four years ago. With the more easily accessible 

 timber already logged, and with the stricter watchfulness on the 

 part of the private owners of timber, the hand-logger will soon 

 disappear. His exploits, however, will be long remembered on 

 the Coast of British Columbia. 



