68 LUCY AMONG THE MOUNTAINS.

times, drawing the logs, as Robert called them.
At length, Lucy stopped, and said, —

But, Robert, what do you mean by swamper ?
You said that you were swamper.”

“ Yes,” said Robert ;. “ I’m swamper and chop-
per too.”

. ©] don’t understand what you mean by swamper
and chopper,” said Lucy.

“ Why, when they are cutting trees in the woods,
for timber, they always have a swamper, and a
chopper, and some oxen, and a teamster. The
swamper finds out which the good trees are, and
he makes a road to them, so that, when they are
cut down, they can haul them out. The chopper
cuts them down, and cuts off the top. Then the
teamster comes ; with his oxen, and hauls them off
to the river.’

“Js that the way?” said Lucy.

‘Yes; my father told me,” said Robert.

‘Why doesn’t one man do it all?” said Lucy.

“JT don’t know exactly,” said Robert; “but I
wish I had some fire here, to set my heap on fire.”

“ Are you going to set that great heap on fire?”
asked Lucy.

“Yes,” said Robert, “when I get it big
enough.”