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a tremendous work in that line — in taking seeds from forest 

 trees and sowing them and thereby renewing the forests. It is 

 a part that certainly struck me as a great work; and I hope all 

 the gentlemen will read that report, for that matter alone, if for 

 nothing else. 



Mr. Whish: We find that where there is no forest there is 

 no water. Where I used to fish for trout twenty-five years ago 

 in the Adirondack regions, the sections have been lumbered, and 

 there is no longer any trout stream in the dry season. This last 

 year we lost thousands and thousands of fish because the streams 

 dried up. We had a force of men in the woods and whereever 

 we heard of streams drying up, they would go and net the trout 

 out and put them in other waters. That is one reason why wo 

 are trying to restore forest lands, on account of our water sup- 

 ply. A learned work has been written lately to show that there 

 is no relation between the forestry and water. In New York 

 state we think the author is mistaken. 



Mr. Titcomb: We certainly do, that is right. 



