268 THE FORESTS OF CANADA. 



mill, ripped up by the saws and passed out at the other 

 end in planks or boards, or some other shape. Nulling is 

 wasted but the sawdust. One saw takes off the fllabfc and 

 squares the stick. Then the great gang-saw, that gives the 

 idea of resistless power, slices up the square part -; into 

 boards, while the circular saws whizzing round'with im- 

 mense velocity rip up the slabs into laths or soffit small 

 sort of board. The sawmills at Ottawa -are situated just 

 at the foot of the falls of the Ottawa river;, and even in 

 the hottest weather the air is cooled by the -Sp^ay-of -the 

 waterfall. Unquestionably this is one of the.- finest " mill 

 privileges" in the world. Many of these sa'wmiUs are 

 very complete and well-managed establishments." 'Being 

 frequently situated in remote and rather inaccessible 

 places, they have to contain within themselves everything 

 necessary to carry on the business. Stores of provisions, 

 shops, accommodation for workmen', for tradesmen, for 

 managers. Then besides the sawmill there is in all pro- 

 bability a great lumbering business to be looked after, and 

 most likely the proprietor has a thousand <mea . in the 

 woods and a couple of hundred horses all employed in 

 providing food for the devouring insatiable saws. It must 

 take a good head to run a sawmill such as Mr. Gibson's 

 on the Nashwaak in New Brunswick, or Mr. Price's on 

 the Saguenay, where sea-going vessels lie alongside the 

 mill and take in the deals direct from the saws. 



Lumbering presents no attraction to the immigrant from 

 the Old World, for a long education is required to make 

 him an adept in the use of the axe. On the other hand, lum- 

 bering is the favourite winter occupation of the native-born 

 Canadian, who, like the typical animal of his country, loves 



