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WORK IN THE WOODS. 



felling a large tree ; and we were led^ from 

 this incident^ to turn our attention to the sub- 

 ject of Work in the Woods^ and the Manage- 

 ment OF Timber Logs. 



Some time before, the surveyors had been 

 through the Forest, numbering and marking 

 such trees as were supposed to be ripCy or, in 

 plain language, best fitted for the purposes of 

 timber. We observed the marks, and were 

 almost grieved to see the principal beauties 

 of the Forest thus condemned ; knowing that 

 their leafy honours would soon be laid low. 



There was to be a considerable fall of timber 

 this season ; and a number of woodmen were 

 engaged. For several days they had been at 

 w^ork, clearing the underwood away. 



We took our station on a spot where we 

 might see the whole process without danger 

 or alarm. 



