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per cubic foot, and silver fir gd. to lod. per cubic foot. The 

 permanent forest staff here consists of about 50 men, while in 

 summer 150 hands may be employed. The average wage is 

 3s. 2d. to 4s. 5d. per day, the foreman getting is. per day extra. 

 The annual wage bill may amount to ;^48oo. Here a forest 

 nursery was seen with large numbers of young plants, chiefly 

 spruce. 



A return was made to Chur for lunch, and in the afternoon a 

 visit was made to Landquart, which is situated some 7 miles 

 from Chur, where an inspection was made of a paper-pulp mill. 



THE ENGADIN. 



Next morning Dr J. Coaz assumed the leadership, and it 

 would be indeed difficult to have had a more venerable leader, as 

 he was in his 92nd year. An early start was made by special 

 train for the Engadin. The route taken was by Ems, Thusis, 

 Tiefenkastel, Bergiin to Pontresina and St Moritz. The scenery 

 of this part surpassed anything in the earlier part of the tour. 

 At Muottas Muraigl the main line was left and the mountain 

 railway taken to the summit, from which a very fine panoramic 

 view was obtained. The grand Bernina complex lay directly to 

 the south, while to the west Celerina, St Moritz, Silvaplana and 

 Sils with their respective lakes were seen. The descent was 

 made in the direction of Pontresina. The route led past the 

 Schafberg, which is the largest protection work in Switzerland. 

 This lies directly behind the town of Pontresina, and was begun 

 in 1890. The total cost of the work when complete will be over 

 _;^i6,ooo. The lower slopes of this area are clothed with fine old 

 forests of larch and Cembran pine; some of the larch stems which 

 were measured had a girth at breast-height of over 10 feet. 



From Pontresina train was taken to St Moritz, where after 

 lunch a short visit was paid to the larch and Cembran pine 

 forests lying behind the town. In the evening a return was 

 made by train to Thusis. 



On Wednesday morning, which was the last day of the tour, 

 an inspection was made of the protection works which have been 

 constructed in the lower reaches of the river Nolla, another of 

 those turbulent streams which are found so difficult and costly 

 to control. 



After this the party drove for several miles up the steep Via 

 Mala, as far as the second bridge. The land here, although very 



