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eypress trees have been girdled a few months previous 
in order to dry them out somewhat and increase their 
floating capacity. When the trees have been felled the 
eable of the pull-boat is hauled out into the woods, the 
logs are attached to the end, the engine winds up the 
cable upon the drum and the logs come crashing through 
the swamp until the canal is reached. In the canal the 
logs are joined together and towed to the mill. 
Lumbering on the Pacific Coast.——In the Pacific Coast 
region still another type of logging has been devised. 
On account of the huge size of the trees and logs 
found there, the loads are too large for horses or oxen 
to be used advantageously. Consequently the re- 
sourceful luamberman has made use of stationary steam 
engines of mammoth size to bring in the enormous 
trees. The trees are felled and in some cases exceed- 
ingly high stumps are cut, a spring-board being used 
upon which the choppers stand while felling the 
trees. Extreme care must be used in felling these 
forest giants, as, on account of their size and the force 
with which they fall, a trunk may be badly broken 
when it hits the ground. The undercut is very care- 
fully placed so that the tree will fall upon a good 
landing and in some cases a bed may be prepared to 
break the fall of the huge trunks. After the tree has 
been felled the logs are “bucked up” as usual, and 
bunched by means of a yarding engine, a huge 
stationary engine equipped with a revolving drum and 
cable. The logs are assembled in a yard and at this 
point may be loaded on cars for transportation or if 
the mill is near by a train of logs may be made and 
another huge engine located at the mill will pull in this 
string of logs in a groove or chute. If the logs are 
of moderate size, in some cases cables may be strung 
