How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 123
Fig. 41. — Cutting a Redwood. or four feet in diameter, while some are evenfifteen feet. When the men cut the very large trees, theydo not stand on the ground, but on a platformfrom four to ten feet high. They do so because 106 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED the lowest part of the tree does not make verygood… … Fig. 42. — A Train Load of Logs in the Sierras. where the trees are cut. The logs are generallyloaded on to cars by means of donkey engines. In some parts of California^ the timber is cutso high up the mountain slopes that it can bereached neither by railroads nor wagon roads. LUMBERING 107 It is…
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