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Captain Ahern will send VanWickle out here as soon as he ar- 

 rives from the States. I will be very glad of that. It will make 

 my work much easier, having another forester here. 



Last week we made a long trip up the water shed. Having no 

 trail we had to follow the bed of the river. In one day we had 

 to cross the river or some of its tributaries exactly fifty times. 

 The water in some places was four feet deep, and the current so 

 strong that we had to form a chain to resist the current. An- 

 other trip brought us to the mountains inhabited by the Glougates, 

 the so-called head hunters. Here we had an escort of six soldiers 

 and came out safely. William Klemme. 



At the Yale Forest School thirty-eight students are registered, 

 twenty-five of them being new. 



The school at Biltmore also shows a marked increase, eighteen 

 students having already arrived. It is probable that this year as 

 formerly more will enter later. 



The University of Nebraska, the University of Michigan and 

 the Michigan Agricultural College are offering short courses in 

 forestry branches. 



The University of California is seriously considering the estab- 

 lishment of a forest school. President Wheeler recently issued a 

 statement calling for endowment funds. 



