A PRACTICAL LESSON IN FOREST DESTRUCTION. 

 These precipitous mountain slopes near the Austro-Italian international boundary line were once 

 covered with a forest growth. Their present appearance evidences the destructive work of the past, the 

 present lack of water and the parching heat of the sun. 



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THE ABUSE AND RIGHT USE OF LAND. 

 Along the coast of Lake Garda, which is crossed by the Austro-Italian international boundary line, 

 are found extremely productive and intensively managed lemon and olive groves, and bordering them at 

 higher elevations are some of the most sterile mountain slopes in the civilized world. 



