 Each gang then separates its own cutting by the mark on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts, in which state they are brought down to the wharves of the proprietors, where they are taken out of the water, and undergo a second process...  The countries of the world - Seite 28von Robert Brown - 1876Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1829 - 436 Seiten
...immense height ; the logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of flatbottomed canoe), to disengage...mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own cutting by the marks on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts; in which state they... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1830 - 554 Seiten
...immense height ; the logs then float down a distance of 200 miles, being followed by the gang in pit pans (a kind of flat-bottomed canoe), to disengage them...mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own cutting by the marks on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts ; in which state they... | |
 | 1832 - 406 Seiten
...immense height. The logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of flat-bottomed canoe), to disengage...mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own cutting, by the marks on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts ; in which state they... | |
 | 1832 - 548 Seiten
...height. The logs then final down a distance of two hundred miles, being, followed by the gang in canoes, to disengage them from the branches of the overhanging trees, until they are stopped in some convenient situation at the mouth of the river. — Each gang then separates its own cuttings,... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...immense height. The logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of flatbottomed canoe), to disengage...mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own cutting, by the marks on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts ; in which state they... | |
 | 1836 - 496 Seiten
...down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of flatiottomed canoe), to disengage them from the branches of the overhanging trees, until they are stopped by a ioom placed in some situation convenient t» the mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own... | |
 | 1843 - 488 Seiten
...immense height. The logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of flatbottomed canoe), to disengage...to the mouth of the river. Each gang then separates it« own cutting, by the marks on the ends of the log«, 470 47i and forms them into large rafts ;... | |
 | 1843 - 798 Seiten
...immense height. The logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans, (a kind of flat-bottomed canoe,) to disengage them from the branches of the overhanging trees, uutil they are stopped by a boom placed in some situation convenient to the mouth of the river. Each... | |
 | Curiosities - 1849 - 192 Seiten
...logs then float down a distance of two hundred miles, being followed by the gang in pitpans (a kind of canoe), to disengage them from the branches of the...mouth of the river. Each gang then separates its own cutting by the marks on the ends of the logs, and forms them into large rafts, in which state they... | |
 | Chaloner and Fleming - 1850 - 180 Seiten
...discharged from the clouds, and the Rivers swell to a great height. The Logs are then floated down, being followed by the gangs in pitpans (a kind of flat-bottomed canoe) to disengage them from the overhanging trees, until they are stopped by a boom placed at some situation convenient to the mouth... | |
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