cases its only a matter of

seconds before the second
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Log birling..was most

likely born on the booming
grounds. It was in these
> |, . areas that single logs which
were floated downstream
were gathered and formed
intobooms. From there they
‘were towed to the mills for
! processing into timber.
The birlers were the men
of who lept from log te log in
| the water with long ‘pikes’
: ‘und “peevees,’ coralling the
, logs and forcing them into
place in the boom. Out here
amanlearned fast or wound
up awiuily wet ‘at the very
! : least.
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