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Canadian Forestry Journal, January, ipi6. 



ferent parts of the country contain 

 different amounts of wood. 



They Find an Old "Blaze." 



AVhen the Boy had watched this 

 for some time, the Jinnee, who was 

 really one of the scholars of the For- 

 est School, said he would catch up 

 with some of the other parties and 

 the Boy stuck to his friend. From 

 the g-limpses which he got of the 

 sun the Boy thought they were go- 

 ing north, but the scholar did not go 

 in a straight line, but looked for d'lf- 

 ferent things here and there on his 

 journey. He went forward so many 

 paces and looked for a blaze. This 

 showed the Boy that all these 

 woodsmen know how far they step 

 and by scouting their steps can tell 

 how far they travel. In this case 



stake rots in the course of years and 

 is lost, and if he uses (as he gen- 

 erally does) a "blaze" on a tree the 

 bark will cover over the wound or 

 "blaze." and then the next surveyor 

 in order to pick up the corned must 

 carefully take the bark from a part 

 of two or three trees, that stand just 

 about the point, in order to find the 

 old mark. 



On the way they came up with a 

 party, under one of the teachers, 

 studying dentrology, that is, the na- 

 tural history and characteristics of 

 the different trees so that at any 

 time of the year they could distin- 

 guish one tree from another. In the 

 case of the most common trees this 

 is not difficult, but wnth. those less 

 frequently met with the work re- 

 quires close attention and stud}^ 



'This was the Lumber Camp." 



they found the "blaze" but it had 

 been made so many years before 

 that the bark had to be taken from 

 a certain part of a big tree to find 

 it. This is one of the difficulties of 

 woods surveying. If the surveyor 

 uses a stake to mark points, the 



The Boy counted up how many 

 trees he could surely name. 



Telling the Distances. 



Leaving this party they went on 

 again into the forest. The sun went 

 under a cloud and then all direc- 



