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more to his men to carry out the details 

 of his own work than before, but could 

 still exercise a thorough supervision over 

 their doings. It would probably be 

 advisable to increase the pay of his office 

 to ensure getting a man equal to the 

 dual responsibility ; the interests of the 

 game would be advanced, nor would any 

 extra burden be imposed on the finances 

 of the estate. 



Nor does it seem unreasonable to 

 suppose that a man of average intelligence 

 and your modern keeper is certainly no 

 fool familiar with the ways of nature 

 and accustomed to using his eyes, could 

 master the elementary principles and 

 simple operations of good forestry in a 

 few months' schooling. 



Such a proposition is hardly likely to 

 find any favour with those whose chief 

 business or pleasure lies in the practice of 

 forestry. They will doubtless hold that 

 sylviculture is as much a profession by 

 itself as the making of boots, and one 

 demanding as assiduous an apprenticeship 



