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a foot in length and two inch thickness, are 

 required. The hooks being firmly driven into the 

 timber, secure the two foremost 

 ropes each round a tree on either 

 side of the log, leaving 15 or 20 ft. 

 slack for the log to run away with. 

 The after ropes are also carried each 

 round a tree, but instead of being 

 made fast, they are drawn up nearly 

 close, and one or two turns taken 

 round the trees. A roller is next placed under 

 the butt of the log, which is set in motion by 

 rolling it from side to side, or dragged forward 

 by picks driven into it. The men at the after 

 ropes slack away gradually, until the foremost 

 ropes stop the log, when the ropes are moved 

 forward, and the process repeated until the bottom 

 is reached. If the log is brought up on a declivity 

 so steep that it would not stand while the ropes 

 are being shifted, the hinder ropes are made fast, 

 and hold it while the foremost are being shifted 

 ahead. Six-inch rope is required for heavy timber, 

 and is less likely to snap than chain. 



In extensive hill forests, where the slope is not 

 too great, timber is best transported by slides, 

 which are roads cut in the face of the hill, at 

 an angle of 8 to 15. The timber above the 

 slides is lowered in the manner above described, 



