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have not learnt to appreciate the manifold advantages to be derived 
from a regular and methodical management.’”—‘‘ That passage, 
again, appears to imply that, in his judgment, the Scottish manage- 
ment of woodlands might be very considerably improved?” ‘I think 
in that case he was thinking of the shooting, because I remember 
Mr Dewar saying, in Lord Lovat’s forests, that he was prevented 
from going into the forest for seven months in the year, and that in 
the months he most wanted to be there ; that he could only go into 
the forest for five months in the year, because it was the condition of 
the lease of the forests that he should not go into the forests while 
the red deer does were there. It was a question not of the forests, 
but because the contiguous mountains were leased for deer forests.” 
—‘Then in that particular case you think he was merely regretting 
that the forests were sacrificed to the shooting?” ‘I am quite sure 
of that.”—“Further on he says: ‘ It is, therefore, a matter of regret 
that among all the forests visited by us in our travels, there is not a 
single one suitable for the teaching of sylviculture.’””—“ There, again, 
he implies that, in his judgment, the Scottish woodlands might be 
much better managed than they are?” ‘‘ Undoubtedly ; but he 
rather alludes to the teaching in that paragraph.” —‘“‘But if a forest 
had been well managed it would be adapted for sylviculture?” 
** Yes.” —“ He also was of opinion that there are very large tracts 
in Scotland which, properly dealt with, might be planted with ad- 
vantage?” “Yes, that is his opinion.”—“So that, while finding 
much te admire in the Scottish management, he also thought there 
was much room for improvement?” ‘I think he was of opinion 
that they knew how to get profit out of their forests very well ; but 
that they did not cultivate them so that they might produce the 
greatest profit ; that they rather sacrificed future profit to the pre- 
sent ; but that will perhaps always be the case with private forests, 
more or less.” —‘‘ At any rate his opinion was that, however well they 
might be managed, there were many points in which the manage- 
ment might be improved under a better system?” ‘Yes, he 
thought that instruction was much wanted by the bulk of the 
wood managers.” 
“Supposing that the Professor of Forestry at Cirencester was in 
charge of a certain amount of forest land, would that, in your judg- 
ment, be as good an arrangement as having a Government school ?” 
“JT went to Cirencester by the desire of the India Office to see 
what I thought about it as regards forest teaching. The principal 
reason why I thought it would not do was that, although there are 
