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have wide margins of willows, shrubs, and 

 low growing trees. Within, more than 

 half the growing crop shall have been 

 thinned before it reaches maturity, the 

 forest trees finally standing 30-40 feet 

 apart, spreading limbs of spruce and silver 

 fir, supplying roost and shelter, while oak 

 and beech provide a scattered woodland 

 harvest. 



The sun filters through the wide-spread 

 branches, encouraging a tangled under- 

 growth of bramble, briar, and bracken 

 throughout the whole wood, where indeed 

 it has not been supplemented and sup- 

 planted by dense patches of low-growing 

 plants less natural to the soil, but even 

 more congenial to game by reason of the 

 food and cover they afford. 



Wide rides, admitting health-giving air 

 and light, intersect the larger woods, divid- 

 ing them into regular sections, bordered 

 on either side by a wealth of berry and 

 fruit-bearing shrubs. 



These outline sketches should serve to 

 show how widely different an appearance 



