158 Work in the Woods 



Many loggers usually live together. They all 

 sleep in what is known as a "bunk house." 

 They have no large, clean beds, no sheets nor 

 pillows. Instead, each man has a little "bunk," 

 covered with thick spreads or heavy woolen 

 blankets. This bunk, or sleeping box, is just 

 long enough to hold him, and not much more 

 than two feet wide. There are many of these 

 little beds around the one large room of the 

 bunk house, sometimes three rows of them, 

 built one above another, between the rough 

 floor and the bark roof. Down next the floor, or 

 in a corner of the bunk, is the lumberjack's bag, 

 or "turkey," a rough valise, or only a sack, 

 which holds most of his belongings. 



The weather is cold in the North Woods. But 

 the cabins of the logging camp are always warm. 

 Dry moss is packed between the chinks in the 

 logs to keep out the cold winds. In the center 

 of the room is a large, round stove, often red-hot, 

 where huge chunks of wood are burned. The bunk 

 house has but few windows, for too many of them 

 would make the place cold. The two or three in 

 the cabin are so small that a man could scarcely 

 crawl through one of them. 



