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lakes and rivers of Finland, known as The Land of a Thousand 

 Lakes, aud as The Last-born Daughter of the Sea; in regard to 

 its physical geography, including notices of the contour of the 

 country, its geological formations and indications of glacial 

 action, its flora, fauna, and climate ; and in regard to its forest 

 economy, embracing a discussion of the advantages and disad- 

 vantages of Svedjande, the Sartage of France, and the 

 Koomaree of India ; and the details of the development of 

 Modern Forest Economy in Finland, with notices of its School 

 of Forestry, of its forests and forest trees, of the disposal of its 

 forest products, and of its legislation and literature in forestry 

 veu. 



V. Forest Lands and Forestry of Northern Russia. 

 Details are given of a trip from St. Petersburg to the forests 

 around Petrozavodsk on Lake Onega, in the government of 

 Olouetz ; a description of the forests on that government by 

 Mr Judrae, a forest official of high position ; and of the forests 

 of Archangel by Mr Hepworth Dixon, of Lapland, of the land 

 of the Samoides and of Nova Zembla j of the exploitation of 

 the forests by Jardinage, and of the evils of such exploitation ; 

 and of the export timber trade, and disposal of forest products. 

 In connection with discussions of the physical geography of the 

 region information is supplied in regard to the contour and 

 general appearance of the country; its flora, its forests, and 

 the palseontological botany of the regions beyond, as viewed by 

 Professor Heer and Count Saporta ; its fauna, with notices of 

 game, and with copious lists of coleoptera and lepidoptera, 

 found there by Forst-Meister Gunther, of Petrozavodsk. 



VI. Forestry in the Mining Districts of the Ural Mountains, 



in Eastern Russia. 



Information is in this volume supplied in regard to forest 

 exploitation in the government of Ufa ; an account of the 

 country passed through in a journey thither from St. Peters- 

 burg, and of mishaps and difficulties experienced in travelling 

 there ; information in regard to the country and people to the 

 east of the Ural Mountains ; the metallurgic works there 

 established ; the mines and forests in the Ural Mountain 

 Range ; the forest exploitation of the region ; abuses practiced 

 in connection with this ; aud conditions occasioning a diminished 

 supply of wood ; with glimpses of life in the district ; of the cou- 



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