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and which could easily be made to form a highly attrac- 

 tive as well as useful object in the landscape. It is 

 stated, further, that it presents a considerable range of 

 altitude, rising from about 200 feet above the level of the 

 sea to a height of about 1,600 feet. 



In some of the Schools of Forestry on the Continent 

 the students remove with their teachers to some forest at 

 a distance in spring, and spend the summer in practical work. 

 I do not suppose that any difficulty would be experienced 

 in finding foresters of established reputation willing 

 to supply practical instruction in the forests under their 

 charge to students who were able to avail themselves of 

 such an advantage ; nor is it impossible that satisfactory 

 arrangements might be made for such practical training 

 being obtained in some of the Crown forests in England. 



By Mr Mackenzie, superintendent of Epping Forest 

 under the Corporation of the City of London, there was 

 submitted to the Epping Forest Committee of the Court 

 of Common Council in 1881, a memorial, in which he 

 unfolded a scheme for the establishment of a School of 

 Forestry in connection with that forest. There appears to be 

 little probability of effect being given to his suggestion; 

 but there is one point in regard to which he makes some 

 important statements, of which advantage might be taken 

 in endeavours to secure practical training for students 

 who have no access to forests in Scotland in which to gain 

 a knowledge of the practical work in which they desire to 

 engage. 



Writing to the Epping Forest Committee of the 

 London Court of Common Council, he says : ' You 

 possess about 6000 acres of land all more or less forest, 

 neglected, detached, and inharmonious in effect by reason 

 of its having been, from circumstances well known to you 

 all, so very much subdivided, that an effort must be made, 

 as soon as the outlying portions are restored to your care, 

 to blend them all into one harmonious, albiet diversified, 

 whole ; consequently the land must be carefully surveyed, 

 and mapped out accurately, in order that a reliable plan 



