THE TRAINING OF A FORESTER 



heat, moisture, and the soil, is the foundation 

 of forestry and the Forester's first task is to 

 bring himself to a high point of efficiency in 

 observing and interpreting these facts of the 

 forest, and to keep himself there. It should 

 be as hard work to walk tlii'ough the forest, 

 and see what is there to be seen, as to wrestle 

 with the most difficult problem of mathe- 

 matics. No man can be a good Forester 

 without that quality of observation and 

 understanding which the French call " the 

 forester's eye." It is not the only quality 

 required for success in forestry, but it is 

 unquestionably the first. 



Perhaps the second among the qualities 

 necessary for the Forester is common sense, 

 which most often simply means a sympa- 

 thetic understanding of the circumstances 

 among which a man finds himself. The 

 American Forester must know the United 



States and understand its people. Nothing 

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