222 RIVER LIFE. 



are left to denote it, at least to impress the stranger's mind. 

 Bridges have been re-erected, damages repaired, and the business 

 community have risen from under it with the elasticity of a sap- 

 ling oak after the tempest has overpast. 



Between fifty and sixty saws were swept away, which have 

 not yet (1848) been replaced. 



The following table, showing the condition of the lumber man- 

 ufacture and trade on the Penobscot, has been obtained from the 

 most reliable sources of information, and is presented for the in- 

 spection of those interested in such matters. 



Number of saw-mills on the Penobscot and tributaries, 240. 

 " " clap-board machines, 20. 

 " " lath machines, 200. 



Amount of long lumber sawed annually,* 200,000,000 feet, at 

 $10.00 per M. 



Amount of laths sawed annually, 400,000,000 pieces, at $1.00 

 per M. 



Amount of clap-boards sawed annually, 5,500,000 pieces, at 

 $18.00 per M. 



Amount of shinglesf sawed and split annually, 110,000,000 

 pieces, at $2.50 per M. 



Amount of pickets! sawed annually, 10,000,000 pieces, at 

 $6.50 per M. 



The number of men, oxen, and horses employed directly and 

 indirectly on this river alone, would not vary, probably, much 

 from twenty thousand. § 



* The amount varies from year to year, sometimes exceeding, and then 

 again falling short of the amount above stated. 



t Sawed on the river and from the country. 



t There are various other kinds of short lumber, such as staves, sash and 

 window-blind stuff, not enumerated. 



§ The author, in preparing the above statement, has availed himself of the 

 most reliable sources of information, and would particularly mention the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen, to whose intelligence and kindness he is particularly obli- 



