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before the interior crew, which allowed ns to cut down these crews 

 and concentrate all our own men on the last base line to be run 

 and estimated. With the aid of these additional estimators, the 

 interior crew was able to complete the held work by the middle 

 of January. The compilation of the data was handled in the 

 same way as in the first job. 



The chief obstacle which the crews encountered was the heavy 

 fall rains, which raised the lakes and streams to flood pitch. 

 Snow was almost negligible ; for, outside of making sloppy travel- 

 ling on some days, it did no harm. Not enough fell to necessitate 

 snow shoes before the work was finished ; nor was the cold as 

 severe as might be expected. However, it was an exceptionally 

 open December and January, and such luck could not be counted 

 on every year. Tents were used throughout both jobs, and stoves 

 were needed only after the first of November. Even then, if it 

 had not been for the heavy rains, baker tents with a front fire 

 would have been as good as wall tents with stoves. In rain or 

 snow, with cold weather, however, the wall tent and stove offers 

 better protection and will often save the loss of a cook ; for most 

 of them object to cooking in the open in bad cold weather- Most 

 camp moves were done by packing, unless roads were available 

 where teams could go. 



In conclusion, the following supply lists are given, showing a 

 comparison between the amounts of each article used on the first 

 job during the summer, the second job during the early winter, 

 and those given by Mr. James W. Sewall in his article, "A 

 Canadian Forest Survey," in the Forestry Quarteri^y, Vol. IX, 

 No. 3. This latter list was one compiled from records of the 

 work done by Appleton & Sewall Co. for the Chicoutimi Pulp 

 Co. in the months of February, March, and April, in the vicinity 

 of Chicoutimi, P. Q. It is reproduced here in order to show 

 comparisons of amounts used under conditions of extreme cold, 

 as occurred in Quebec, and the milder ones of Nova Scotia. 

 The Chicoutimi list is based on about 6,000 meals, that for the 

 first Nova Scotia work on about 3,250 meals, and that for the 

 last Nova Scotia work on 5,900. Allowance is made in the last 

 two for the number of meals which the crews obtained from the 

 company's camps and farm-houses which were scattered through 

 the surrounding country. 



