ILLUSTRATIONS 



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1. The forester's ideal wooded slopes, pastures, agriculture land, and 



interior villages Frontispiece 



2. Map of Tunisia and Algeria 1 1 



3. French ranger and Arab forest assistants at ranger station in Tunisia 19 



4. The Djebel ranger station in southern Tunisia. Built on the site of an 



old Roman military camp 20 



5. The result of fire in an aleppo-pine forest in southern Tunisia. Near the 



Djebel Mansaur ranger station 26 



6. A recently cleared fire line in cork oak 28 



7. Typical sand wall topped with date palm branches in use at Tozeur, 



southern Tunisia 33 



8. Method of protection against erosion at El-Hamma 38 



9. Protection against erosion above springs at El-Hamma 39 



10. Ranger's house, Feidja, Tunisia 44 



11. The transport of cork to a local depot in the mountains near Philippeville, 



Algeria 59 



12. Virgin zeen-oak forest in Algeria, Constantine conservation 65 



13. Bird's-eye view of an important plantation near Orleansville, Algeria. . . 85 



14. Near view of Orleansville plantation illustrating wide spacing used in the 



contour furrow method of planting 85 



15. Cork oak after the cork has been removed, on a ridge fire line in Algeria, 



Constantine conservation . . .' 94 



16. The "maquis" or brush of the lower slopes of Corsica resembles the 



chaparral of southern California 114 



17. Forests managed by the Waters and Forests Service in Corsica 116 



18. A ranger station and stand of Corsican pine in the Forest of Aitone, Corsica 117 



19. Beech forest of poor quality near Vizzavona, Corsica 120 



20. A heavy selection cutting in the Forest of Aitone 131 



