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Under this arrangement it was quite apparent that the boys would have more than enough lumber to build their log cabin and Dr. Lyman told them that he would buy whatever extra wood fell to their share and pay for it at the market price of pulp wood . Moreover , to help the boys , the physician arranged to have Paul Nez , an experienced timber cruiser , traverse the woods , blazing each tree of the proper pulp wood species and size thus giving the boys a clear idea of what timber to cut and what to leave standing . And Bruce and Jiminy were asked to accompany him so that they might become familiar with the forest . Tramping the length and breadth of twenty-five acres of wood land , blazing every tree between six and eight inches , was not the easiest sort of work the scouts had ever undertaken , and when they finally arrived at Woodbridge at four o'clock in the afternoon they were `` plum tuckered , '' to quote Jiminy . However , a brief rest and a hearty evening meal put them in fine shape once more and they were able to get to the troop headquarters betimes that evening , for a meeting had been called at which plans were to be laid for the start of the lumber camp . Mr. Ford was at headquarters to hear the details of the cruise from Jiminy and Bruce , and he also gave the scouts some expert advice as to the equipment they would want for the beginning of the camp on the morrow . Among other things he suggested that they build a winter camp immediately by putting up lean-tos with thatched roofs on the shores of the lake .