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  flow 
  of 
  water 
  into 
  the 
  swamps, 
  has, 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   extent, 
  impeded 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  these 
  timber-men, 
  

   who 
  are, 
  in 
  consequence, 
  unable 
  sometimes 
  for 
  years 
  to 
  

   get 
  out 
  the 
  logs 
  which 
  they 
  have 
  cut 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  

   floating. 
  

  

  The 
  Eed 
  Cypress, 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  variety, 
  not 
  

   floating, 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  its 
  greater 
  specific 
  gravity, 
  

   can 
  only 
  be 
  brought 
  out 
  by 
  pinning 
  or 
  securing 
  the 
  loo* 
  

   between 
  others 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  buoyant 
  kind. 
  

  

  Next 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  Cypress, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  more 
  in- 
  

   exhaustible, 
  is 
  the 
  Long 
  Leaf 
  Pine, 
  which 
  is 
  taken 
  to 
  

   the 
  mills 
  along 
  the 
  seaboard, 
  or 
  shipped 
  in 
  logs 
  to 
  

   Europe 
  or 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  Suitable 
  sticks 
  for 
  masts 
  or 
  spars 
  in 
  ship 
  building, 
  are 
  

   greatly 
  in 
  demand 
  at 
  very 
  lucrative 
  prices, 
  and 
  a 
  great 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  of 
  timber 
  is 
  purchased 
  for 
  

   the 
  French 
  navy. 
  

  

  Logs 
  are 
  cut 
  at 
  proper 
  seasons, 
  hauled 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   large 
  timber-wheels 
  to 
  convenient 
  places, 
  and 
  rolled 
  into 
  

   the 
  hollows 
  or 
  dry 
  channels 
  of 
  the 
  iDet-ioeather 
  streams, 
  

   out 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  floated 
  when 
  the 
  rainy 
  season 
  

   sets 
  in. 
  

  

  Where 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  very 
  flat, 
  and 
  destitute 
  of 
  

   streams 
  or 
  natural 
  channels, 
  the 
  simple 
  expedient 
  is 
  

   adopted 
  of 
  cutting 
  small 
  ditches, 
  sometimes 
  miles 
  in 
  

   length, 
  barely 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  receive 
  the 
  logs 
  which 
  

   are 
  rolled 
  into 
  them, 
  end 
  to 
  end, 
  and 
  along 
  which 
  they 
  

   are 
  pushed 
  by 
  hand, 
  so 
  soon 
  as 
  the 
  rains 
  have 
  filled 
  the 
  

   ditches. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  counties 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore, 
  the 
  Pine 
  is 
  

   made 
  to 
  afford 
  a 
  considerable 
  supply 
  of 
  tar 
  and 
  char- 
  

   coal, 
  much 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  taken 
  across 
  the 
  lake 
  to 
  New 
  

   Orleans. 
  

  

  The 
  tar-kilns 
  are 
  formed 
  from 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  knots, 
  or 
  

  

  