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break away from the turmoils and enmities into which 

 elsewhere he is thrown by the bustle and struggle of 

 the world, and to seek again this calm retreat in forest 

 mountains. The existence of many an invalid might 

 be prolonged and rendered more enjoyable, while 

 many a sufferer might be restored to health, were he 

 to seek timely the patriarchal simplicity of forest- 

 life, and the pure air, wafted decarbonized in deli- 

 cious freshness through the forest, ever invigorating 

 strength, restoring exhilaration and buoyancy of his 

 mind. In this young country new lines of railway 

 are early to disclose some of the almost paradisic fea- 

 tures of sylvan scenery, hitherto known to most of us 

 only through the talent of illustrious landscape-paint- 

 ers of this city. 



'* To Bit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell ; 



To slowly trace the forest's shady scene. 

 Where things that own not man's dominion dwell. 



And mortal foot has ne'er or rarely been ; 

 To climb the trackless mountain, all unseen. 



With the wild flock, that never need a fold ; 

 Alone o'er steep and foaming falls to lean — 



ThiB is not solitude : 'tis but to hold 

 Oonverse with nature's charms, and Tiew her stores untold." 



Btboh. 



I regard the forest as an heritage given to us by 

 Nature, not for spoil or to devastate, but to be wisely 

 used, reverently honored, and carefully maintained. 

 I regard the forests as a gift, intrusted to any of us 

 only for transient care during a short space of time, 

 to be surrendered to posterity again as an unimpaired 

 property, with increased riches and augmented bless- 

 ings to pass as a sacred patrimony from generation to 

 generation. 



