I John Thompson work for the timber industry, but us workers don’t all do the same job. There are the workers that cut down the trees, and then the there are the workers that package the lumber and send it to Britain. But I don’t do either of those jobs. I am the one of the workers that climbs down in to narrow points of a river where some lumber has blocked the water flow. Other workers propel me down on a rope, and I have to find the log that is holding all the other logs up, and chop it in half so the water can flow. When I cut the log free I have to get out fast be for the water starts rushing again or I get washed a way with the water. That almost happened one time. I had just cut the log and I was climbing up the walls of the river when I slipped and the rope that was around my waist came undone. The water then burst though the logs, I grabbed onto a root that was sticking out of the wall. I was hanging on for dear life when one of the logs came right under me and I was able to push off it with my feet and grab onto a rocky ledge and pull my self up. That hasn’t happened since so that is good.

            The lumber industry is doing very well, because Britain is at war they constantly need to make new ships. Also with all the new settlers needing to build home and furniture and utensils, lumber is in constant demand.