Forests Absorb and Surrender Moisture: Typical Forest of Ohia Lehua in Region of Heavy Rainfall, Hawaii (Page 675) 



the gas for use as fuel, starch, etc. Even ing not only to the habitableness and 

 this brief statement of facts goes to beauty of the land, but also to 



show that forests are an important fac 

 tor in the economy of nature, contribut 

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, .... the 



health, nay. to the very existence of 

 its inhabitants. 



