CHAPTER XII 



SLEDS AND SLED-HAULING 

 THE GO-DEVIL 



Snaking is frequently supplemented by the use of sleds. 



A sled known as a go-devil, travois or crotch is employed in 

 the eastern part of the United States during the summer and 

 early fall and sometimes in the winter. 



Fig. 33. — A Go-devil loaded with Hardwood Logs. Michigan. 



The go-devil is a. product of the camp blacksmith shop. It is 

 a rough sled having two unshod hardwood runners, which are 

 preferably of yellow birch, selected from timbers having a natural 

 crook. The usual type of runner is from 6 to 7I feet long, 6 



15s 



