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such places Q.ve protection forests, and should be managed either 

 b}' selection or as coppice. For mountain-tops and plateaux, 

 the selection system is best, when accompanied by the timely 

 planting uj) of all gaps that may occur in the wood ; but on 



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steep slopes, high forest presses too heavily on the soil and 

 should make way for coppice with short rotations. 



(b) Wherever a landslip is to be feared, the bank should 

 be kept up by wattle-fences, by protection of the soil-covering, 

 and by not extracting the stumps of felled trees. The various 

 protective measures which may be adopted, depend on the 

 cause of the danger and the circumstances of the locality. 



