Giant work it was for them in such heavy timber--pine, hemlock, maple, beech and birch--the clearing of a single acre being a man's work for a year.

The place where the maples were thickest was reserved for a sugar grove, and from it was made all of the sweet material they needed, and some besides.

Economy of the very strictest kind had to be used in every direction.

Main strength and muscle were the only things dispensed in plenty.

The crops raised consisted of a small flint corn, rye oats, potatoes and turnips.