Ill 



andj tlierefore, possesses a utility distinct from that of the 

 latter book. 



"With regard to the* technical terms employed in this 

 translation, such as are connected with sylviculture and 

 which are mostly the same as those used in Mr. Smythies 

 and my translation of M. Bagneris' Manual, have received 

 almost unqualified approval in England. The term 

 " Organisation" itself has already been adopted by Mr. 

 Laird-MacGregor and in official reports. But, without 

 attempting to justify every term, I shall feel that I have 

 fully attained my object, if I have succeeded in making 

 M. Broilliard's work at once intelligible to English 

 readers. 



Dehra Dun, ) 



} E. E. FERNANDEZ. 



15th March 1886. ) 



