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PARAGRAPH XXII. 



DIRECT UTILITY OF THE FOREST. 



The variety of raw products furnished by the forest is very 

 considerable. We may distinguish bet\x'een "principal products" 

 and "minor products." The former comprise wood and timber 

 only ; the latter include all other raw material obtained from the 

 forest, e. g. naval stores, tanbark, litter, moss, rubber, gutta- 

 percha, cork, game, minerals, pasture, etc. 



The value of minor products formed by or found in the forest 

 frequently exceeds the value of wood and timber annually pro- 

 duced. This is the case, especially, in the backwoods, at high 

 elevations, and in the tropics. 



