PREFACE 



outdoor life which it appears to offer? What 

 chance does it present for a successful career, 

 for a career of genuine usefulness, and what 

 is the chance to make a living? Is he fitted 

 for it in character, mind, and body? If so, 

 what training does he need? These ques- 

 tions deserve an answer. 



To the men whom it really suits, forestry 

 offers a career more attractive, it may be 

 said in all fairness, than any other career 

 whatsoever. I doubt if any other profession 

 can show a membership so uniformly and 

 enthusiastically in love with the work. The 

 men who have taken it up, practised it, and 

 left it for other work are few. But to the 

 man not fully adapted for it, forestry must 

 be punishment, pure and simple. Those who 

 have begun the study of forestry, and then 

 have learned that it was not for them, have 

 doubtless been more in number than those 

 who have followed it through. 



