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ruin, the climate of any country, whether of large or small 

 extent. It ■will appear that even the soil in miany situa- 

 tions has been actually created by the forest that stands 

 upon it, and that it can only be preserved by its continu- 

 ance. Lastly, I shall prove that the woods in their wild 

 state, and with their undergrowth, are the cause of pre- 

 serving our fields and gardens from the over-multiplica- 

 tion of insects, by affording a harbor to the birds, without 

 whose services, in the economy of nature, the human 

 race would become extinct. 



