Western Woods 



MANY of the trees which grow in the far West 

 are of great size. The logs being too large and 

 heavy for horses to haul, donkey engines and 

 steam engines are used instead. The donkey 

 engine is small but strong. It is fitted up with a 

 cable and drum. A cable is a strong rope made of 

 steel, and a drum is a large roller on which the 

 cable is wound. When the lumberjacks have 

 fastened the cable to the logs, the engine is 

 started, and the cable rolled around the drum. 

 Even the largest logs are dragged through the 

 woods easily and rapidly. When the donkey 

 engine itself must be moved, the cable is fastened 

 to a live, standing tree. As the engine winds the 

 rope, it pulls itself nearer the first tree, then to 

 another, and so on until it has gone far enough. 



In the picture, the donkey engine has just 

 pulled "the logs in from where they once stood 

 as trees. The small steam engine will take them 

 next. A steam engine looks odd in the woods. 



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