W M.  T.  C O X ’ S “F E A R S O M E   C R E A T U R E S   O F   T H E   L U M B E R W O O D S” ( 95th   A N N I V E R S A R Y   H Y P E R T E X T   E D I T I O N . )

I N T R O D U C T I O N ––––– ######Every  lumber  region  has  its  lore.   Thrilling  tales  of  ad- venture  are  told  in  camp wherever the  logger  has  entered  the wilderness.    The  lumber  jack  is  an  imaginative  being,  and   a story  loses  none  of  its  interest as  it  is  carried  and  repeated from   one   camp   to  another.   Stories  which  I  know   to   have originating  on  the  Penobscot and the Kennebec are  told,  some- what   strengthened   and  improved,  in  the  redwood  camps   of Humboldt   Bay.    Yarns  orginating  among  the  river  drivers  of the   Ottawa,   the  St. Croix,  and  the  upper  Mississippi  are   re- spun  to  groups  of listening loggers on  Vancouver  Island.   But every   lumber   district  has  its  own  peculiar  tales.   Some   have their   songs,   also,  and  nearly  all  have   mysterious  stories   or vague  rumors  of   dreadful   beasts   with  which   to  regale  new- comers    and    frighten    people    unfamiliar    with    the    woods.   Much   has   been   written   concerning  the  lumber   jack  and   his life ; some of his songs also, rough but full of the sentiment of his exciting   vocation,   have  been  commemorated,  but,  so  far  as   I know,    very   few   the   strange   creatures    of    his   imagination have  ever  been  described  by the naturalist  or  sketched  by  the artist.############################################## ####The  lumber  regions  are  contracting.   Stretches  of   forest that   once   seemed   boundless  are   all  but  gone, and   many   a stream   is   quiet  that  once  ran  full  of  logs  and  echoed  to  the song  of  the  river  driver.  Some say  that  the  old  type  of  logger himself    is   becoming   extinct.   It  is  my   purpose   in  this   little book  to  preserve  at  least  a description and  sketch  of  some  of the interesting animals which he has originated.############## ################################# WM. T. COX.

FCLW MAIN • APALON MAIN Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods- With a Few Desert and Mountain Beasts Written by William T. Cox • Illustrated by Coert Du Bois • With Latin Classifications by George B. Sudworth Published by Press of Judd & Detweiler, Inc. Washington, D.C.1910 (1911?) Copyright Public Domain. William T. Cox’s Fearsome Creatures of the Lumberwoods (95th Anniversary Hypertext Edition) By all the Preceding, Plus Edited, Annotated, And Additional Bits and Pieces by Apalon Co., Ltd ( Supplementary Material Copyright 2006.) Web Layout and Design Copyright 2006 Apalon Co., Ltd.