Spring pulpwood drive on the Brown Company timber holdings in Maine. To tow the full boom down Mooselookmeguntic Lake, the steamer runs ahead a quarter of a mile, casts anchor and pulls the boom up on its winches. By this process, it can make the twelve mile haul in about sixteen hours, with a fair wind. If the wind is too strong in the wrong direction, the steamer casts anchor and just stands still to prevent being blown back up the lake