260 FORESTRY IN SWEDEN. 



from its tormentor) by throwing clods of dirt at it and by beating 

 on the rails of the pen with his cane. 



I saw by the creature's action that it was angry ; the rapid 

 movements of its jaws indicated that it was preparing to attack its 

 persecutor. I warned the young man, telling him what to expect ; 

 his sweetheart begged him to desist and to come away. But he 

 treated my warning with derision, and told the girl that " he knew 

 his business." Suddenly there came a whizzing, whistling noise, 

 followed by a sharp spat. The young wiseacre lay supine upon 

 his back, with his eyes and forehead plastered with a disgusting 

 mixture of saliva, hay, and mucus. 



" I hate a fool ! " said the girl, as she shouldered her parasol 

 and walked away. 



I saw them again in the monkey-house some time afterward, 

 but the man was a changed being : he had learned his lesson in 

 decorum ; he had been taught modesty by the good marksman- 

 ship of a llama. 



Forestry in Sweden. — The Crown forests of Sweden com- 

 prise more than one quarter of the entire wooded area of the 

 country, and are managed with scrupulous care. The increase 

 alone is cut, so that a productive forest is to stand for ever on 

 Crown lands that are unsuitable for cultivation. More than this, 

 the Government has entered upon an extensive system of planting 

 trees on desolate and uncultivated areas, and these object-lessons 

 have induced owners of private forests, especially the larger pro- 

 prietors, to manage their timber lands, so they will become per- 

 manent sources of income. These facts, says an American 

 contemporary, were communicated to our Department by the 

 Hon. W. W. Thomas, United States Minister to Sweden, and 

 they are of particular interest, not only to Sweden, but also to the 

 United States and to Canada, whose lumber meets the Swedish 

 products as its greatest competitor in the markets of the world. 

 Since the forests in Sweden grow slowly, it has generally been sup- 

 posed that the immense quantities ex])orted would gradually 

 exhaust the most important source of the nation's wealth ; but 

 from the facts stated it ajjpears probable that the 47,000,000 acres 

 of forests in the country will continue to be a source of income 

 for all future time. The products of the forests now comprise 

 nearly one-half of the total exports of the country in value. — 

 Journal of Horticulture. 



