human
Does anything in connection with this bush strike you?
gpt
Its stiffness, if that's what you mean, Carroll answered with a smile.
human
These big conifers look as if they'd been carved, like the wooden trees in the Swiss or German toys. They're impressive in a way, but they're too formally artificial.
gpt
That's not what I mean,
human
To tell the truth, I didn't suppose it was. Anyway, these trees aren't spruce. They're red cedar; the stuff they make roofing shingles of.
gpt
Precisely. Just now, shingles are in good demand in the Province, and with the wooden towns springing up on the prairie, western millers can hardly send roofing material across the Rockies fast enough. Besides this, I haven't struck a creek more adapted for running down logs, and the last sharp drop to tide-water would give power for a mill. I'm only puzzled that none of the timber-lease prospectors have recorded the place.
human
That's easy to understand, laughed Carroll.
gpt
Like you, they'd no doubt first search the most difficult spots to get at.