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atively light, yet his duties require the practice of great vig- 

 ilance. Block tenders receive from thirty to forty dollars per 

 month and board; chainmen, a slight advance upon those 

 prices. The gypsy tender takes in and pays out the rope. He 

 is stationed at the donkey, and acts as an assistant to the en- 

 gineer in gathering fuel, etc., while the donkey may be tem- 

 porarily idle, awaiting the movements of the chainmen and 

 block tender in the distance. 



Having thus described the different personages that go 

 to make up the redwood loggers' camp, a few words concern- 

 ing their habits and the manner in which they spend the few 

 leisure hours allotted to them may be interesting. The Sab- 

 bath is in every sense a holiday. When their camps are lo- 

 cated within five or ten miles of a settlement, or town, having 

 a postoffice, stores, and saloons, a number invariably form a 

 syndicate to make the trip together. It may be that a shake, 

 shingle, post or tie maker in the timber near by, or a settler, 

 who is trying to convert the ground in the rear into a sheep 

 or a cattle ranch, has anticipated the loggers' wants, and pro- 

 vided a large express wagon, with springs, to meet the demand 

 for transportation. The camp is canvassed on Saturday night, 

 and a sufficient number agree to occupy the seating capacity 

 of the vehicle improvised for such occasions. Where several 

 camps are being operated within a radius of four or five miles, 

 as they are, for instance, on Mad River, Freshwater, Jaco by 

 and Salmon Creeks, Elk River, and other places in Humboldt, 

 as well as in Mendocino County, on the rivers and creeks that 

 empty into the ocean, stages are run regula.ly for the loggers' 

 accommodation. Many of the men, however, prefer to rest of 



