SUCCESSION OP FOREST TREES. 23 



It is true, I have shown that tlie animals consume a great 

 part of the seeds of trees, and so, at least, effectually prevent 

 their becoming trees ; but in all these cases, as I have said, the 

 consunaer is compelled to be at the same time the disperser and 

 planter, and this is the tax which he pays to nature. I think 

 it is Linnasus who says that while the swine is rooting for acorns 

 he is planting acorns. 



