CHAPTER V. 



FELLING. 



UNDER this head little need be said. In felling on 

 hillsides, it is better to fell the tree against the 

 hill, both because it is less apt to damage it, and 

 because in this position it is easiest worked out 

 when the forest is being restored by natural repro- 

 duction. 



The principal point requiring attention is to 

 conduct the operation of felling in such a manner 

 as to cause the least possible injury to young 

 plants. For instance, in felling on a hillside, we 

 should not begin at the bottom, and then, after 

 a young growth had come up, slide the timber 

 from above over it. Moreover, where the hill- 

 side is too steep to admit of sliding down the 

 timber without damage, by beginning above we 

 can make use of the lower trees as helps in lower- 

 ing the log gradually. 



Timber felled among, or allowed to slide over, 

 quite young seedlings does not cause much dam- 



