12 THE AMES FORESTER 



the life is most fascinating and interesting. In few places is such 

 an opportunity offered one to explore, map and describe un- 

 known regions. Everywhere are strange trees, new plants and 

 unusual surroundings. The extremely favorable growing condi- 

 tions and the large variety of plant life afford one an opportunity 

 to study ecology which is unexcelled, and the mere living among 

 a different race and associating with them, as must a forester 

 traveling through their country, cannot help but give him a 

 broader grasp of their life problems and more sympathy with those 

 who happen to be born into a less favorable environment than our 

 own. 



