XX INTRODUCTION 



if a true picture of French forestry was to be drawn. One of the editorial 

 problems was, then, to decide what should be quoted and what should be 

 merely digested. Exact translations only are written with quotation 

 marks. Information digested (but not in the exact words of the original 

 source) is not quoted. To accurately depict the French viewpoint it was 

 considered advisable in many cases to adhere quite literally to the form of 

 expression used by the French author, and yet, because of the need for 

 reducing the verbiage, a complete translation could not be given. Oc- 

 casionally whole chapters of a French work have been condensed and 

 given in tabular form, as for example Table 11. 



One of the first questions that confronts the student is which forests to 

 visit. There are many communal and national forests in France under 

 formal technical management and naturally the student of French 

 forestry should visit those which will furnish the most instructive lessons 

 typical of French forest management. Conservateur de Lapasse, now 

 stationed at Bordeaux, furnished the following list of forests with relative 

 data. These he thought were most worth a visit: 



