WHERE THE SroKTt^MAN LOVES TO LINGER. 



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wliat hardships men have en<lnred to o])tain tlie materials 

 that compose it. In th(^ Avinter, with its deep snows and 

 zero Aveather, far up on the mountainside the poorly paid 

 Avoodehoppers Avork from early morn until late at ni.i>ht, 

 some felling trees, others euttiiiji: off the lind)s, sawing oft 



Winter Scene. 



the tops and stripping the bark; others, Avith the aid of 

 horses, hauling the logs doAvn the mountainside onto tlie 

 frozen lakes and streams, on AAiiich, as the ice goes out, 

 they are floated to the mills. 



They told us fcAV i)arties take the East Branch trip, being 

 discouraged by guides, Avho trutlifully tell of its rough 

 Avaters; so Ave Avere someAvhat of a curiosity. The Mainc^ 

 log-driver is generally French. There are a few Indians 



