[2] Lynx, corruption of the French-Canadian name, loup-cervier.

[3] An ashen pole, shod with an iron screw-point.

[4] The Maine variety of the cant-dog, illustrated on the [cover].

[5] Lest the remarkable attitude of the Honorable Pulaski D. Britt be considered an improbable resource of fiction, the author hastens to state that the Maine legislature, in considering the repeal of a log-driving charter, had exactly this situation submitted to it.

[6] To disentangle and set free logs caught in the rocks.


Transcriber’s Note:

Minor changes have been made to correct typesetters’ errors; otherwise, every effort has been made to remain true to the author’s words and intent.