GLOSSARY 209 



Dufflebag 



A bag of heavy canvas, cylindrical in shape and vary- 

 ing in size (fourteen inches in diameter and three feet 

 long being about the average dimensions) , open at one 

 end, with a draw string to close it by. The dufflebag is 

 used extensively by campers and woodsmen to carry 

 clothes and light personal effects. A substitute for a 

 trunk or traveller's handbag or suitcase. Its advan- 

 tage lies chiefly in the fact that it may be packed more 

 easily and weighs less than those articles. 



Float Rock 



A term used by miners and prospectors to describe 

 fragments of ore found on the surface of the ground 

 away from the vein outcrop. 



Forty 



A section, or square mile of land, contains six hundred 

 and forty acres, which in surveying and map work is 

 divided into sixteen squares of forty acres each, 

 called "forties" for short. A sixteenth part of a 

 section. Each side of a forty measures twenty chains, 

 or thirteen hundred and twenty feet. 



Forest Assistant 



An officer of the Forest Service who has studied tech- 

 nical forestry, passed the Civil Service examination 

 for the position and received an appointment in the 

 Service under that designation. W^iile the Forest 

 Assistant is theoretically supposed to chiefly plan with 

 and advise the Supervisor on matters involving silvi- 

 cultural problems or forest management, in actual 

 practice he generally undergoes a thorough appren- 

 ticeship in administrative work, timber cruising, and 

 the various branches of Forest Service field duty. 



Forest Guard 



The position of Forest Guard is purely appointive, 

 usually for a period of three months. The appoint- 



