44 TERMS USED IX FOEESTEY AND LOGGING. 



Prize logs. Logs which come to the sorting jack without marks denoting owner- 

 ship. (N. F.) 



Pull back. See Haul back. 



Pull boat. A flatboat, carrying a steam skidder or a donkey, used in logging 

 cypress. (S. F. ) 



Pull the briar, to. To use a crosscut saw. (N. F.) 



Put in, to. In logging, to deliver logs at the landing. (Gen.) 



(Juickuater, n. That part of a stream which has fall enough to create a decided 

 current. (Gen.) 

 Ant.: Stillwater. 



Rafter dam. A dam in which long timbers are set on the upstream side at an angle 

 of 20 to 40 degrees to the water surface. The pressure of the water against the 

 timbers holds the dam solidly against the stream bed. (N. F. ) 

 Syn. : self-loading dam, slant dam. 



Ram pike. A tree broken off by wind and with a splintered end on the portion 

 left standing. (N. F.) 



Rank, v. To haul and pile regularly, as, to rank bark or cord wood. (Gen.) 



Ranking bar. See Handbarrow. 



Ranking jumper. A wood-shod sled upon which tanbark is hauled. (X. F.) 



Raye, n. A piece of iron or wood which secures the beam to the runners of a logging 

 sled. (N. W.,L. S.) 



Rear, n. The upstream end of a drive; the logs may be either stranded or floating. 



"Floating rear" comprises those logs which may be floated back into the current; 



"dry rear," those which must be dragged or rolled back. (Gen.) 

 Receiying boom. See Storage boom. 



Ride, n. The side of a log upon which it rests when being dragged. (Gen.) 

 Ride a log, to. To stand on a floating log. (Gen. ) 

 Rigging, n. The cables, blocks, and hooks used in skidding logs by steam power. 



(Gen.) 

 Rigging sled. A sled used to haul hooks and blocks on a skid road. (P. C. F. ) 

 Syn. : dog boat, pig. 



Rigging slinger. 1. A member of a yarding crew, whose chief duty is to place 



chokers or grabs on logs. (P. C. F. ) 



2. One who attaches the rigging to trees, in steam skidding. (S. F. ) 

 Ring, n. A section of tanbark, usually 4 feet Ion?. (N. F. ) 

 Ring rot. Decay in a log, which follows the annual rings more or less closely. 



(Gen.) 



Rise, n. The difference in diameter, or taper, between two points in a log. (Gen. ) 



Riyer boss. The foreman in charge of a log, drive. (N. F. ) 



Riyer driver. One who works on a log drive. (Gen.) 



River rat. A log driver whose work is chiefly on the river; contrasted with Laker. 



(N. F.) 



Road donkey. A donkey engine mounted on a heavy sled, which drags logs along 

 a skid road by winding a cable on a drum. It has a second drum for the haul-back. 



(P.C.F.) 



Road gang. That portion of the crew of a logging camp who cut out logging roads 

 and keep them in repair. (N. F.) 



