The Indian Forester April 1919

ITnless the roundness is cut away from the bole on the side opposite to the saw the whole weight of the tree has to be raised and upset over a small semi-circular edge rendering the tree liable to turn over to either side whilst the work has to be carried on against the weight the whole while. [...] If it is necessary to cut out a V-shape so as to bring the fulcrum to the centre of the bole thereby lessening the work on the levers or wedges and also obtaining assistance from the weight then why not do it by the quickest means ? The loosing of a large gang of wild jungly axcmen in a forest under what is supposed to he the control of one man is about the worst thing that could happen. [...] If the cuts have been correctly made and are parallel to one another and the head of a T square is placed up against the edge of fibres in the lower cut the arm or blade will point exactly in the direction in which the tree will fall. [...] The base of the tree is now placed on a slant on the fibres which are themselves slanting and the tendency is that as the fibres snap when the tree commences to fall the butt will slip away on the downward slant of the stool and alter the fall 1-y several degrees. [...] The nerves of the leaf are a continuation of the vascular bundles of the branches and the acuminate leaf-apex would only mean that these ultimate vascular bundles develop in length in excess of the lateral development of the leaf-blade.