ter of a mile down the river, and the 

 Chief Engineer worked with them and 

 seemed to be directing the job. We 

 watched the progress of this enterprise 

 for many days and found it most inter- 

 esting. 



At the spot selected, the river was 

 about a hundred and twenty feet wide 

 arid five feet deep in the middle. The 

 current was not very swift and a lot 

 of mud had settled on the gravelly 

 bottom. Saplings and bushy alders, 

 many of them fifteen to twenty feet 

 long, were used for a foundation. They 

 were always placed with the butt ends 

 up stream and stones on the bushy ends 

 held them firmly anchored on the bot- 

 tom. All sorts of materials were worked 

 into this dam; much of it was carried, 

 dragged or floated long distances. The 

 sticks and brush were interwoven in a 

 very ingenious manner, the chinks were 

 filled with sod, stones and mud. The 

 entire structure was firmly braced by 

 heavy sticks resting against the lower 



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