GLOSSARY 209 
Dufflebag 
A bag of heavy canvas, cylindrical in shape and vary- 
ing in size (fourteen inches in diameter and three feet 
long being about the average dimensions), open at one 
end, with a draw string to close it by. The dufflebag is 
used extensively by campers and woodsmen to carry 
clothes and light personal effects. A substitute for. a 
trunk or traveller’s handbag or suitcase. Its advan- 
tage lies chiefly in the fact that it may be packed more 
easily and weighs less than those articles. 
Float Rock 
A term used by miners and prospectors to describe 
fragments of ore found on the surface of the ground 
away from the vein outcrop. 
Forty 
A section, or square mile of land, contains six hundred 
and forty acres, which in surveying and map work is 
divided into sixteen squares of forty acres each, 
called ‘‘forties’’ for short. A sixteenth part of a 
section. Each side of a forty measures twenty chains, 
or thirteen hundred and twenty feet. 
Forest Assistant 
An officer of the Forest Service who has studied tech- 
nical forestry, passed the Civil Service examination 
for the position and received an appointment in the 
Service under that designation. While the Forest 
Assistant is theoretically supposed to chiefly plan with 
and advise the Supervisor on matters involving silvi- 
cultural problems or forest management, in actual 
practice he generally undergoes a thorough appren- 
ticeship in administrative work, timber cruising, and 
the various branches of Forest Service field duty. 
Forest Guard. 
The position of Forest Guard is purely appointive, 
usually for a period of three months. The appoint- 
