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SECTION 2. Indications of the Age in which Buried 



Woods and Trees must have fallen, ... ... 178 



In relation to Petrified Trees (p. 179) ; to Submerged Trees 

 on Cheshire Coast (p. 181); to Trees buried in the time 

 of the Romans (p. 184). 



CHAPTER IV. Conservation, Replenishing, and Extension 



of Forests, 189 



In the 16th century (p. 189) ; in the 17th century (p. 190) ; 

 substitution of Coal for Firewood (p. 192) ; devastation 

 occasioned by browsing animals (p. 194) ; and changes 

 consequent on change of habit relative to hunting (p. 

 197) ; expense of planting (p. 199). 



PAKT III. FOBEST LEGISLATION. 



CHAPTER I. Summary of Forest Legislation in England, 200 



Light thus thrown on the state of Forests and Forestry 

 (p. 201) ; Summary (p. 202) ; and inferences deduced 

 (p. 205). 



CHAPTER II. Forest Legislation anterior to the " Charta 



Foresta," 207 



Laws of Canute (p. 207) ; Laws of the Normans (p. 210) ; 

 Extracts from Magna Charta (p. 212) ; Charta Foresta 

 (p. 215) ; technical terms relating to the Chase (p. 220); 

 to Wood (p. 222) and to Forest Officers (p. 223). 



CHAPTER III. Forest Legislation subsequent to the 

 " Charta Foresta " till the close of the Eighteenth 

 Century, ... ... ... ... ... ... 227 



Summary by Mr M'William. 



CHAPTER IV. Former Game Laws, ... ... ... 237 



Summary by Mr M'William (p. 237) ; paper on the same in 

 Farmers' Magazine of 1799 (p. .238). 



CHAPTER V. State of Crown Forests in the Eighteenth 



Century, ... ... ... ... ... ... 242 



Reports made by Commissioners, 1787 1793 inclusive. 



