362 THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FOREST 



survive from the old fauna. That it will have its influence 

 cannot be doubted : the Wild Cat and the Pine Marten will 

 be driven still further into the diminishing wilds, the increase 

 of the Squirrel may be checked, the Woodpecker may cease 

 its colonizing. The naturalist can only hope that, without 

 delay, new forests may arise on the ruins of the old, to save 

 not the least interesting of our wild creatures from a fresh 

 period of decline and death. 



