THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



across the mouth of the tunnel, and himself 

 stood there on guard. The fierce heat, the 

 stifling air, and their deadly fear drove some 

 of the foreigners temporarily insane, and a 

 number of them tried to break out. With 

 di'awn revolver Pulaski held them back. One 

 man did get by him and was burned to 

 death. Many fainted in the tunnel. The 

 Ranger himself, more exposed than any of 

 his men, was terribly burned. He stood at 

 his post, however, for five hours, until the 

 fire had passed, and brought his party 

 through without losing a single man except 

 that one who got out of the tunnel, although 

 his own injuries were so severe that he was 

 in the hospital for two months as a result of 

 them. The record of the Forest Service in 

 these terrible fires is one of which every 

 Forester may well be proud. 



The Ranger must protect his District, not 

 only against fire but against the theft of 



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