46 NOTES ON FORESTRY. 



coolies, taking hold of the free ends, walk forward 

 with them, rolling the log after them. 



This is the best way I know for getting a log 

 uphill; In the colonies, heavy logs are moved 

 in the forest in this manner by yoking a team of 

 bullocks to each rope. 



Moving timber out of the Hills. If the timber 

 is wanted at the foot of the hill, and the angle 

 not more than 45, and the surface free from rocky 

 protuberances, the tree, on being barked and 

 stripped of its branches, may be set in motion, 

 butt foremost,, and allowed to slide to the bottom. 

 The tree should be left its entire length, as it will 

 thus run much better and straighter than if cut 

 up into logs, which are apt to wheel round and 

 get caught and shaken. Of course, only straight 

 timber can be worked out this way; and this 

 being set in motion, will travel down an angle of 

 10. At low angles, rollers are required to set the 

 log in motion. 



If the angle of incline is higher than 45 or 

 the surface rugged, the timber would be shaken 

 and damaged by this method, and it is better to 

 expend labour in lowering it gradually. This is 

 done by means of four stout ropes attached to 

 grappling-hooks, two of which are fixed in the 

 foremost end of the timber, and two at some 

 distance from the other end. . Strong hooks, about 



