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bind chains are used to bind the two outer logs of the bottom 
tier to the rear bunk and the rocker. Four §-inch "deck chains" 
are used to bind the load, one pair ])eing used to hold the load 
after the second tier of logs has been put on, and the other pair, 
after the fourth tier has been loaded. Each deck chain has two 
parts, one part being 24 feet long with one end fastened to a ring 
on one side of the rocker or bunk, and the other part being 2 feet 
in length and attached to the rocker or bunk on the end 
opposite the long chain. The short chain has a ring on the end 
and a secondary chain with a grab hook attached is fastened to 
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Photograph hy H. De Forest. 
Fig. 47. — A Sprinkler being filled with Water from a Brook. Adirondacks. 
it. Two f-inch wrapper chains each about 40 feet long, which 
have a ring or bunk hook on one end and a grab hook on the 
other, are passed around the completed load, but are not attached 
to the sled. 
When large loads are hauled, a "potter" is sometimes used 
as an aid in loading. This is a round stick 3 or 4 inches in 
diameter and 2^ or 3 feet long, around the center of which is 
fitted an iron clasp to which is fastened a short piece of chain 
with a hook on the free end. When two pairs of deck chains 
are used, eight potters may be employed, four on each side 
of the load. After the deck chains are placed on the first two 
tiers, the hooks on the potters are caught in links on each deck 
chain. The potters on the far side are held in a vertical posi- 
