214 SYLVICULTURE IN THE TROPICS 



PT. II 



started in another place which more urgently requires 

 the regeneration fellings. In this case the fellings will 

 merely be made against the wind, the second strip 

 being to windward of the first, and so on. 



At all places where the ingress of winds is to be 

 feared, such as on exposed ridges or on the outskirts 

 of the forest, wind-belts should be left. 



Fig. 74 gives an example of a forest, in compart- 

 ments Nos. 1, 2, and 3 of which strip fellings have got 



N represents untouched Forest 



P 



s 



A 

 Fig. 74. 



Preparatory -fellings 

 Seed -fellings 

 After -fellings 



as far as the first three strips, after-fellings being in 

 progress in the first strip, seed-fellings in the second, 

 and preparatory-fellings in the third. As the prevailing 

 winds come from the south-west, the fellings have 

 been begun in the north-east corner of the forest, and 

 the strips have been laid out in such a way as to assist 

 the shedding of seed from trees in the area which has 

 been left untouched and to protect the young seedlings 

 from the wind when the cover gets removed. The outer 

 edge of the fellings has also been protected against 

 shifting winds by means of a wind-belt. 



