Copyright 1910, by Harold A.Parker.] [Illustration: Tahoe Meadows, With Mt.

Tallac in the Distance] I use the word propelled to suggest the interesting method used in these chutes.

Sometimes ten or a dozen logs will be placed, following each other, a few feet apart, on the trough (the chute).

A chain is fastened to the rear end of the hindermost log.

This chain is attached to a single-tree fastened to a horse's harness.