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On such an excursion, closely associated with a large company of 
men who are all interested in forestry from one aspect or another, 
either as proprietors of estates, factors, lecturers, timber merchants 
or foresters, opportunities naturally occur of gauging the possi- 
bilities of successful forestry in a country with which many of those 
present have been familiar since boyhood, and the following 
deductions have arisen from the observations made. 
There are in the Highlands of Scotland fine woods of various 
kinds of timber, particularly larch, which at the present moment are 
bringing in, or are capable of bringing in, a considerable return to 
the owners for the money which has been laid out on them, but the 
amount of land planted is very small when compared with land of: 
a similar character which might be turned into forests. 
less vigorous than others growing on well-drained ground at an 
altitude of 800 to 1500 feet, which are backed up and sheltered to a 
certain extent by higher ranges in the vicinity. Again, on high 
ground, though the whole of a certain area may not be suitable for 
planting, there are many culs-de-sac amongst the hills which offer 
excellent positions for plantations, as they are well sheltered and the 
soil is moderately good 
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ce e plantations in remote places are difficult of access, 
and for this reason the price realised for the timber has fallen 
be : Serious argument against planting large areas in out-of-the- - 
way places, providing everything else be suitable, for if once these 
areas were covered with good saleable timber means of removal 
is cut one year and no m 
low, for it does not z 
for the purpose of dealing with a small quantity of wood. 
The question as to how forestry may assist or interfere with 
existing sources revenue is an interesting one. From their 
forests, and sheep farms. In the case ing it is di 
oe, . of fishing it is difficult to see 
how it can be affected one way or the other by aviary Deer 
