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and the sides made by green logs, piled np for jams, about 

 eight feet apart. The chimney seldom rises above the roof of 

 the camp ; though some who are nice in their architectural no- 

 tions sometimes carry it up two or three feet higher. It is 

 obvious from the construction that nothing but the greenness 

 of the timber prevents the camp from being burned up imme- 

 diately; yet the great fires that are kept up make but little 

 impression, in the course of the winter, upon the back or sides 

 of the chimney. A case, however, happened within a year or 

 two, where a camp took fire in the night and was consumed, 

 and the lumberers in it were burned to death. Probably the 

 shingle roof had become dry ; in which case a spark would 

 kindle it, and the flames would spread over it in a moment. 



'•Parallel to the lower side of the building, and about six 

 feet from it, a stick of timber runs on the ground across the 

 camp. The space between this and the lower wall is appro- 

 priated to the bedding, the stick of timber serving to con- 

 fine it in its place. The bedding consists of a layer of hem- 

 lock boughs spread upon the ground, and covered with such 

 old quilts and blankets as the tenants can bring away from 

 their homes. The men camp down together, with their heads 

 to the wall, and their feet towards the fire. Before going to 

 bed they replenish their fire — some two or more of them being 

 employed in putting on such logs as with their handspikes they 

 can manage to pile into the chimney. As the walls of the 

 building arc not very tight, the cool air plays freely around the 

 head of the sleeper, making a difference of temperature be- 

 tween the head and the feet not altogether agreeable to one 

 unused to sleep in camps. A rough bench and table complete 

 the furniture of the establishment. A camp very similar, 

 though not so large in dimensions, is built near for the oxen; 

 on the top of this the hay is piled up, giving it some warmth, 

 while it is convenient for feeding. 



" A large logging concern will require a number of camps, 

 which will be distributed over the tracts so as best to accom- 

 modate the timber. One camp serves generally for one or two 

 teams. A team, in ordinary logging parlance, expresses, not 

 only the set of four or six oxen that draw the logs, but like- 

 wise a gang of men employed to tend them. It takes from 



