FOEEST TEEES AND FOEEST SCENEEY 



not speak as deeply and expressively 

 as our wilder woods. The necessity 

 of it is thrust upon you. It seems, at 

 times, as if the free will and perfect 

 liberty of the air and rain, of the wind, 

 were wanting. 



These forests are crossed by roads 

 and are often divided into sections of 

 distinct age, kind, and appearance. 

 Shrubs, if any, are few. The deer's 

 track is known. The history of these 

 trees is known and recorded, and even 

 their doom is fixed for a near or dis- 

 tant day. 



There is, however, another side to 

 this question. Through their very de- 

 sign and fitness for an intended object 

 the effects that are produced are often 

 decidedly pleasing. What these effects 

 are will now appear from an examina- 

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