104 FORESTS. 



son, is sure of heaven. It is to be regretted, thi 

 some strong and similar inducement does nc 

 operate in America. 



All the roads and canals ought to be lined wit 

 forest trees. The shade will be agreeable, an 

 the view delightful to travellers. 



The Americans are a ship-building people. A 

 it is calculated, will take the wood of fifty acre 

 Is it not time for them to look out for futurit 

 and not to anticipate the supplies of future gen 

 rations ? 



In passing from Rome to Syracuse, you st 

 uothing but one great forest, wliich must conta 

 many millions of cords of wood : but already ha' 

 the axe and the fire-brand been applied, ai 

 before the lapse of 50 years, these immense woo( 

 will fall before the hand of cultivation. Wh 

 then will become of the great manufactories 

 salt, unless coal is discovered, or plantation ado 

 ted ? Both must be attended to — wood will alwa 

 lie required for navigable and architectural pu 

 poses. The swamps west of Rome are filled wi 

 turf or peat, as I perceived from the canal packi 



