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Canadian Forestry Journal, June, 1917 



winds, however, are very high and 

 constant and gales are frequent. 



A danger to be apprehended is that 

 the surface of the island may be 

 wholly swept away (as has already 

 happened in the case of a large part 

 of the original island), leaving an 

 immense area of submerged shoals. 

 In that case the danger to passing 

 vessels would be as great as now, and 

 the possibilities of rescue of ship- 

 wrecked persons, (with the life-saving 



station gone) would be reduced to 

 a minimum. 



Three years ago, the Canadian 

 Forestry Journal, touching upon the 

 failure of the first experiments at 

 Sable Island, asked: 



"Is not such a danger worth the 

 spending of many thousand dollars 

 to avoid? On similar plantations 

 (similar, at least, as regards the prob- 

 lems presented by natural conditions) 

 France has spent several millions of 



