Webster Stream, [161], [264]; Indian name for, [273]; [275], [289], [297], [299], [300].
West Branch, tramp up the, [17]; [20], [31], [32], [291], [316].
Whetstone Falls, [313].
White Mountains, the, [4].
Whitehead Island, [94].
Woods, wetness of the, [22]; characteristics of Maine, and uses of all, [167]-[173]; destruction of the, [252]-[254].
Woodstock (N. B.), [256].
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[1] Springer, in his Forest Life (1851), says that they first remove the leaves and turf from the spot where they intend to build a camp, for fear of fire; also, that “the spruce-tree is generally selected for camp-building, it being light, straight, and quite free from sap;” that “the roof is finally covered with the boughs of the fir, spruce, and hemlock, so that when the snow falls upon the whole, the warmth of the camp is preserved in the coldest weather;” and that they make the log seat before the fire, called the “Deacon’s Seat,” of a spruce or fir split in halves, with three or four stout limbs left on one side for legs, which are not likely to get loose.