172 Work in the Woods 



broken up. Great charges of dynamite must 

 occasionally be used to loosen the piles of logs. 

 The river drivers get wet every day. Often 

 they fall from slippery logs into the ice-cold 



DRIVERS AT WORK 



water. But they never catch cold. They ride 

 the smallest logs with ease, and with only a pole 

 skillfully guide the larger ones in the stream. 

 They eat their lunch beside the river, and never 

 stop work until long after dark at night. Theirs 

 is a rough, hard life, and one of constant danger. 



