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take either a degree of B.Sc. in Forestry or a diploma 

 in Forestry. 



These men would proceed to the woods in the first 

 instance as assistants to the officers in charge of the 

 different areas, ultimately looking to obtaining a charge 

 themselves when they possess sufficient practical know- 

 ledge of the work. In this direction therefore a career 

 presents itself for young officers who at the close of 

 the war will wish to follow a life which will have plenty 

 of the open air about it with a minimum of the office 

 stool. 



The courses for the Forestry Degree given by the 

 University of Edinburgh are fully described in Article 

 XVII (p. 249) under " Employment of Women in 

 Forestry " and need not be recapitulated here. 



As one who has had plenty of experience of the 

 glorious " freeness," combined with the considerable 

 responsibility, of a forester's life, the writer can assure 

 all those who wish to, comparatively speaking, remain 

 their own masters and live in the open air that there 

 are few occupations to rival it. 



