6 14 Coco-nuts The Consols of the East 



In face of the foregoing remarks, so long- as 



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men continue to denude the surface of the earth 

 of its forest-lands, precautions must be taken 

 far ahead to see that in opening up the heart 

 of Africa to the ploughshares of European 

 enterprise ample areas are left untouched, lest 

 in clearing them we carry death and desolation 

 to India, and so in benefiting the individual 

 in one continent we harm the multitude in 

 another. This warning at the same time does 

 not by any means apply only to India and 

 Africa ; over-zeal in clearing forest-lands has 

 brought, and will yet bring trouble in many 

 centres, so let us see that the harm in future 

 is reduced to the smallest possible minimum 

 by omitting no precautions when settling lands 

 or developing new areas. 



