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down to the log and a chip obtained, which, by its smell, shows whether it was a 

 windfall or a breakdown. If the former, it was probably sound when it fell, and has 

 since remained so. If thought worth working, the matted roots are cut away, the 

 log is sawed off, and when loosened it at once floats in the water, which is always 

 near the level of the swamp. Logs are sometimes worked, though rarely, to a 

 length of 30 ft.. These logs come up with as much buoyancy as newly-fallen 

 cedar, not being in the least water-logged, and the bark on the under side is quite 

 fresh. The under side is always lightest, and turns up in rising to the surface. 

 The workmen go over the same ground again and again, and find new logs each 

 time, the lower logs probably rising in the mud when the roots over them are cut 

 loose, and the logs which had laid on them are removed. These logs are found not 

 only in the swamp, but also out in the salt-marsh beyond the living timber, and are 

 worked below present tide-level." (H. J. E.) 



