Forests of Canada. *7*J 



agricultural purposes, and by a proper system of cutting, 

 a new growth will spring up to replace the timber removed, 

 and in its turn become available to keep up the supply. The 

 practically interminable extent of these forests will allow 

 ample time for the smaller trees, which may be left on any 

 ground cut over, to come to maturity before it is again called 

 upon to furnish its quota. Some of the woods of the more 

 southern districts of Canada, which have had little value 

 hitherto, except for fuel, only require to be better known to 

 be utilized for many purposes. 



The people of Canada have heretofore been accustomed to 

 such an abundance of wood, and to the idea that trees stood 

 in the way of the progress of the country, that tree-plant- 

 ing has as yet made but little progress among us. A begin- 

 ning has, however, been made in the last two years in the 

 provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec, where " Arbor 

 Days" have been proclaimed. In Ontario an Act was passed 

 in 1883, and a fund set apart for the encouraging of tree- 

 planting along highways. - The time has arrived for more 

 vigorous action by the general Government and the Local 

 Legislatures looking to the improvement and preservation of 

 the forests which still remain in Canada, and for the partial 

 restoration of those which have been destroyed. 



The Mound-Builders. 



By Rev. William J. Smyth. 



When the early settlers began to pioneer the unbroken 

 forests of North America, they considered the various Indian 

 tribes to be the true Aborigines of this continent. But long 

 before the red man, even long before the growth of the pre- 

 sent forests, there lived an ancient race, whose origin and 

 fate are surrounded with impenetrable darkness. The 

 remains of their habitations, temples and tombs, are the only 

 voices tbat tell us of their existence. Over broad areas, in 

 the most fertile valleys, and along the numerous tributaries 

 of the great rivers of the central and western portions of 



