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as the stragglers preferred the tender vegetation the 

 garden of the cottager afforded, even these were 

 sometimes noosed, or shot with bows and arrows, 

 which made no noise. 





To such an extent had destruction of timber in 

 this and other forests in the country been carried, 

 that it was feared that in the event of a foreign war 

 sufficient timber could not be found for the use of 

 the navy. A reaction, however, set in: wealthy 



