Anothercrewstretchedthefifteeninchmanillacablesacrossthefieldoflogsinordertosegregatethemintoseveralunitsofmass，andsopreventthemfrompilingupatthedown—streamendoftheenclosure。Thepile—driverbegantodropitshammeratspotsofweakness。Inspiteoftheacceleratedcurrentandtheincreasedvolumeoftheriver，everythingwassoonshipshapeandsafe。
\"We’reallrightnow，\"saidOrde。\"TheonlythingI’malittleuneasyaboutisthoseconfoundedtemporaryboomsupstream。Stillthey’reallrightunlesstheygettopilingup。Thenwe’llhavetoseewhatwecandotoholdthem。Ithinkassoonasthedriveristhroughdownatthesortingend，she’dbetterdriveafewclumpsofpilestostrengthentheswingwhenitisshut。Thenifthelogspiledownonusfromabove，wecanholdthemthere。\"
Abouttwohourslaterthepile—drivermovedup。Theswingwasopened；andthemenbegantodriveclumpsofpilesinsuchapositionastostrengthentheswingwhenthelattershouldbeshut。
Itwasaslowjob。Eachpilehadtobetakenfromtheraftatthesternofthescow，erectedinthe\"carrier，\"andpoundedintoplacebytheheavyhammerraisedandletdropinthederrickatthebow。
Longbeforethetaskwasfinished，thelogsinthetemporaryboomshadbeguntoslideatoponeanother，tocrossandtangle，untilatlasttheriverbedinsidetheboomswasfilledwithajamofformidabledimensions。Frombeneathitthewaterboiledineddies。