Canadian Forestry Journal, October, ipij. 



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YOUNG PEOPLE'S ARBOR 



CONDUCTED BY JAMES LAWLER. 



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Once when the writer was lectur- 

 ing on forestry in a large public 

 school in a certain Canadian city, 

 the magic lantern broke down. 

 AVhile new connections were being 

 made the principal of the school sug- 

 gested that the pupils might like to 

 ask some questions. Usually at 

 such lectures before grown-up peo- 

 ple questions are few in number and 

 come slowly, but in this instance the 

 children were ready with many ques- 

 tions, and some of them were very 

 searching. 



One boy asked: "In your lecture 

 you speak of men fighting a forest 

 fire but when a forest fire really gets 



started is it possible for men to da 

 anything but look on?" 



We speak about questions being 

 "pertinent" or "impertinent." (Look 

 up the words in the dictionary if you 

 are not sure of their meaning). 

 This was certainly a very pertinent 

 question, and, as a second lecture 

 was delivered in that school, the dia- 

 grams which you see on this page 

 were made and the question answer- 

 ed with their aid at the next lecture. 



Forest Fires and House Fires. 



The question was pertinent for 

 the reason that a forest fire is in 

 some respects very different from a 



