202 FIRST BOOK OF FORESTRY 



attack on the reclaimed lands, and its care, therefore, 

 forms an important part of the forestry service. 



Though very expensive, this kind of work in The 

 Landes alone has converted more than a million acres of 

 worthless marsh into valuable productive forests, and 

 has changed this large area from an unsightly, pestilential 

 region into a health and pleasure resort. 



