VITTS on sscor.i.Mi's-Ai'. 



I tl Ir.: rccornrissrnce jivo? r. bc^inrer ir. forestry 

 . better ic*es of the ;;rcct forestry v.orld cm" the big work 

 to co c'or.o then r.r.;- other trork or study coil:' ^ive. TV ere 

 IB !- difficult eifo to the v.crl;, out rleo e very *"loesent end 

 ir ting sice; tho interest varying from : ooEt^t bet.een 

 insect. . one for liio, the other for t rood reel, to e viev? 

 frorr L } ijh -eak of c nvltitucc oi forertoc hilln ritli hero 

 there fi cnov/ cor v ei cone or ran^e. 



One Kay cerry corcrecs or.c drr-.^ ohoin or estimate 

 tor until his limbs ere rtiff enc feet blistered, but he 

 a.--, arrieciete ct ni^ht lie- ted of green fir tou.fjrs, whose 

 cruRhcc r.cec.les oenu uy sv.eet ir.cer.so, or.6 the lov rrurmiring 

 of the rinos cs only those \.h.o heve h.ac such an orerience can. 

 One may fine cliffs unii chesrs in hio run v;hich c.etein hira till 

 a crri. hour, tut the jrooc n,etl from Uncle Sca'o r.ell eu-rplied 

 leicer is e Joy r.rich only hungry c.en l:now. One may force 

 hie v.ey through 8 mile of scrub oat and iror.zenit? brush, 

 et tires ,-;oinj on all lours in orcor to cove ct all, but when 

 he reaches the high Livice v.ith its rood of tell 'ines enc. firs, 

 rcsses into the censy circle anc. refreshes himself at a cold 

 svrir.j, tie contrast in.Ce to the r lefoure of vall.ing the fire 

 neeLle cermet, listening to the v:hir of e jrouse's T.injs. the 

 elcrn: note of c it.our.tein cuail or t? o crash of p buc/. cs he 

 Blunges covm the steer slore. There riay 'oe e hclf day of 

 rroupht re one clir.bs e steer, cry, south elore, or a r cak of 

 five or oix thousand feet olevction, but cones th? finding of 

 a cole Doivntnin trooh gurgling over the smooth rocks ert. 

 drifting the v.hite eend cornverc, end the reoching of the 

 hijhest "oint v;here tho cool urper oir currents llorv enc 

 the r ultituco of rnaks, riches end s^urs. rhich fro:.. belo\ 

 seem to te all .'ur.bled in confusion, can be seen to unite in 

 rourinj t>cir sy rings cr.c brooks tovarc c. con.nn utrean. 



In E fef. nonths of cruising ir, the foroct ore sees 

 tho orrlicption enc jreat need of the coiencoc. To rot 

 acouclr.tec. vrith the trecc enc errube toten. 1 is eoeential; 

 the roch fori.^tione snr. eoile require geology; the diaeesed 

 enc tving tieee call lor entomology; there iruet be e phyeicel 

 reneon for e dintinct lino between tr.c e-ecios ol trees or 

 for the sui.der. c v cr.^e from v.oorland to brush; an rbscr.t cook 

 rr.c rot close journey f'ec.er.c a ! nor led. ^e of coneetic ecience 



the crt of ,1-tc! in^: t>c ecionce of undorett-ncing rnd 

 oireclir.rj rcen ic ar. Tnrortant aBBet of c forerter. 



V.'ith ill these intereets and rroblers before ?ic. 

 the nev. Tr.sr, is often tcnrted to ttk time end inquire into 

 th.err v.? ile ir the field.' 



R. F. Holland. 



A ote - This v.r.p icoeivcc. e r .c ir.se. tec into tvis 

 i sue too _j;te to '.umber tith the other rtrec. 



( Editor) 



