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the place occupied by the Pandani and Bois Bur should be 

 gradually sown with the seed of the trees above mentioned. 

 The young plants would soon overtop the Pandani and Bois 

 Bur. and as these would protect the young seeding trees, they, 

 therefore, need not be destroyed. 



" The extension of the Badamier should be discouraged, 

 as its timber is inferior, and the trees now growing cut as 

 they attained maturity. The ground now occupied by it 

 should be sown with the seeds of more valuable kinds This 

 might be commenced after the un wooded parts were all sown 

 or planted. During heavy rains the highlands at Praslin 

 suffer greatly from disintegration, which will prevent re wood- 

 ing by either natural or artificial means. As a remedy which 

 might easily be applied I would recommend sowing the seeds 

 of coarse grasses, along with the seeds of the useful Palms, 

 thickly over the land ; either when the tree seeds were sown 

 or a year or two before them. 



" The carrying away of the surface soil should be prevent- 

 ed as soon as possible. The Palms and such natural schrubs 

 as may be growing on the land, should be allowed to remain. 

 Only seeds of useful trees should be sown. These lands 

 ought also to be under a Guardian, and a portion of them 

 sown annually. Their boundary lines ought to be distinctly 

 marked, and either kept open or distinguished by a row of 

 trees or clumps of Bamboo at short distances apart. 



" They might also be laid out in blocks of a practical work- 

 ing size, having wide alleys between them for the prevention 

 of fire. The seed shou'd be sown as soon after it is gathered 

 as possible. For sowing no digging would be required, the 

 soil simply softened will in most instances suffice. The seeds 

 should be no more than covered with the soil. If sowing be 



