CLEARING THE FELLING-AREA. 



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gees on with the whole load till he comes to another place where 

 the gi-adient is insufficient, and some of it has to be left behind. 

 Such a mode of sledging is most suitable with gradients from 

 1 in 4, to 1 in 3, (25-30 per cent.). 



It is evident that besides using some form of brake, the work- 

 man must also use his own strength and press his spiked boots 

 into the track at steep places, 



(8) Sledging without a regular track. — Sledging, except on 

 sledge-tracks, is generally confined to the transport of fuel or 

 charcoal-wood. This is either split and piled transversely 

 between the sledge-uprights, or if brought down in round pieces 

 often of double the length of the billets, these are placed length- 

 ways along the sledge in a pyramidal pile, and fastened to the 

 sledge by short ropes or thin chains. 



V. Slidimi Logs hi/ means of Ropes. 



Thick ropes, 50-100 feet long and 1^-2 inches thick, are used 

 for sliding logs down sufficiently steep inclines. 



The method of attaching rope to the log is shown in fig. 150, 

 or a hook may be attached to the rope and inserted into a hole 

 cut in the butt-end of the „ ,.,. 



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log. According to the posi- 

 tion of the log on the 

 gi-ound, it may be let down 

 with its butt-end or smaller 

 end first. After the rope 

 has been attached to the 

 log, it is wound once or 

 several times, according to 

 the weight of the log and 

 the gradient of the ground, 

 round the stem of a neigh- 

 bom-ing tree or stump, and let down by gradually loosening the 

 rope. It is accompanied by 1 to 3 men, who guide it past 

 obstacles, or stop it with the krempe (fig. 137) or lever (fig. 138) 

 freed from the kanting-hook, and direct its course among 

 the young growth. Once the length of the rope is run-out, the 

 log is firmly held by the men by means of krempes, until the 



