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FORESTRY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 



To be the latter, he must also have a fair amount of mathe- 

 matical training. This branch of a forester's education is in 

 no way of less imi^ortanee than the study of natural history, 

 which has, up to date, only too often been mistaken for the 



only basis of forestry by specialists who had not succeeded 

 in grasping the true ol)jects aimed at by the forest industry 

 conducted on economic lines. These matters must be fully 

 borne in mind when arranging for tlie instruction in forestry 

 in this country. Then, a sound understanding of the 



