Log-landing.--Laborious Exposure.--Damming Streams.--Exciting Scenes.--Log-riding.--Fun.--Breaking a Dry-landing.--A sudden Death.--Thrilling Scenes on the "Nesourdnehunk."--Lake-driving.-- Steam Tow-boat.--Remarks on Lake Navigation.--Driving the main River.--Union of Crews.--Substantial Jokes.--Log Marks.--Dangers of River-driving.--Sad Feelings over the Grave of a River-driver. --Singular Substitute for a Coffin.--Burial of a River-driver.-- A Log Jam.--Great Excitement.--A Boat swamped.--A Man drowned.-- Narrow Escape.--Mode of Living on the River.--Wangun.--Antidote for Asthma.--The Wangun swamped.--An awful Struggle.--The miraculous Escape.--Driving among the Islands.--Amusing Exertions at identifying.--Consummation of Driving.--The Claims of lumbering Business for greater Prominence.--The Boom 155 CHAPTER III. Observations on the St. Croix River.--Boundary Line.--Pine Timber. --Agriculture in the Interior.--Youthful Associations with Grand Lake.--Traditionary Name of Grand Lake.--Lake Che-pet-na-cook.-- Rise of Eastern Branch St. Croix.--Lumbering Prospects.--Hemlock. --Reciprocal Relations of the Lumber Trade between Americans and Provincials.--The Machias Rivers.--Origin of Name.--Character of Soil.--Lumber Resources and Statistics.--West Machias.--Narraguagues River, curious Definition of.--Capacity of Stream.--Statistics.-- Union River.--Observations on its Lumbering Interests.--Mills in Franklin 176 CHAPTER IV. Penobscot River.--Its various Names.--Character of the Country through which it flows.--Its Length.--The vast Extent of Territory which it drains.--Its Multitude of Lakes.--Mount Ktaadn.--Indian Legend.-- Elevation of the Mountain.--Overwhelming Prospect.--A Sabbath in the Wilderness.--Moose in the Lake.--An uncomfortable Night.--Dr. Jackson's Narrative.--New Lumber Resources.--The interesting Origin of this new Resource.--John Bull outwitted.--Freshets on the Penobscot.--Freshet of 1846, cause of it.--Sudden Rise of Water. --Bangor submerged.--Bowlders of Ice.--Destruction of Property.-- Narrow Escape of Ferry-boat.--Peril of Boys.--Editorial Observations. --Lumber Statistics.--Where the Lumber finds a Market.--Speculations on future Prospects of Lumbering Interests.--Anticipations of the Future.--Bangor 186 CHAPTER V.