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Bull donkey. A large donkey engine which, by drum and cable, drags logs from 



the place where they are yarded to a landing. (P. C. F.) 

 Bully, n. A common name for the foreman or boss of a logging camp. (X. F. ) 

 Bummer, n. A small truck with two low wheels and a long pole, used in skidding 



logs. (X. F.,S. F.) 



Syn. : drag cart, skidder. 

 Bunch load. to. To encircle several logs with a chain and load them at once, by 



steam or horsepower. (X. F. ) 

 Bunch log's, to. To collect logs in one place for loading. (Gen. ) 

 Bunk, r. To place upon the bunks, as to "bunk a log." (Gen. ) 

 Bunk, n. 1. The heavy timber upon which the logs rest on a logging sled. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: bolster. 



2. The cross beam on a log car or truck, on which the logs rest. (Gen.) 



3. A log car or truck. (S. F., P. C. F.) 

 Bunk chain. See Toggle chain. 



Bunk hook. The hook attached to the end of the bunk on a logging car, which 



may be raised to hold the logs in place or lowered to release them. (Gen. ) 

 Bunk load. A load of logs not over one log deep; i. e., in which every log rests on 



the bunks. (Gen.) 

 Bunk spikes. Sharp spikes set upright in the bunks of a logging sled to hold the 



logs in place. (N. F. ) 

 Bush a road, to. To mark the route of a logging road across a marsh or the ice 



by setting up bushes. (X. F. ) 

 Butt, n. The base of a tree, or the big end of a log. (Gen.) 

 Butt cut. 1. The first log above the stump. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: butt log. (Gen.) 

 2. In gathering tanbark, the section of bark taken from the butt of a tree before 



felling it for further peeling. (N. F. ) 

 Butt hook. The hook by which the cable is attached to the tackle on the logs. 



(P. C.F.) 

 Butt log. See Butt cut. 



Butt off, to. 1 . To cut a piece from the end of a log on account of a defect. ' Gen. "i 

 Syn.: long butt, to. (P. C. F., App. ) 

 2. To square the end of a log. (X. F. ) 

 Buttress, n. A wall or abutment built along a stream to prevent the logs in a drive 



from cutting the bank or jamming. (Gen. ) 

 Butt team. In a logging team of four or more, the pair nearest the load. (Gen.) 

 Camp inspector. A lazy lumberjack, who goes from one logging camp to another, 



working only a short time in each. (N. F. ) 

 Cannon a log, to. In loading logs by steam or horse power, to send up a log so 



that it swings crosswise, instead of parallel to the load. (N. F.) 

 Cant dog. See Cant hook. 

 Cant hook. A tool like a peavey, but having a toe ring and lip at the end instead of 



a pike. ^See Peavey. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : cant dog. 

 Cap, a. A cone of sheet iron or steel, with a hole in the end through which a chain 



passes, wh eh is fitted over the end of a log before snaking it, to prevent catching 



on stumpe, roots, or other obstacles, in steam skidding. (S. F.) 



