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We have of course for individual forests only incomplete observa- 

 tions ; nevertheless, these are, as far as they go, in perfect 

 accsrd with oar general conclusion. Bat this relation of particulars 

 to universals holds good in aU branches of human knowledge, and 

 it is precisely because of the universal experience of Foresters ia 

 aU exploitations of Coppice and of High Forest, and as a consequence 

 of the comparison of the respective outturns yielded by scores and 

 hundreds of forests, that we are permitted to affirm the superiority 

 of the High Forest over the Coppice R^me in respect of yield of 

 material. 



In moist and fertile soil the difference between the relative merits 

 of the two R^imes may be elight, but in dry and poor soU it is 

 practically unlimited, since the Coppice Regime, in certain kinds of 

 soils, suffices to cause the rain cf the forest, by leaving the bare sand 

 to the mercy of ling bushes. Hence for each forest, it ia the effects 

 left by the K^me heretofore in force that alone offer a sure guide 

 in estimating the influence of Regime on the soil and outturn of 

 produced And here the main point to attend to is the condition of 

 the soil ; as regards the produce, it is more frequently its nature 

 and quality than its quantity which usually requires to be con- 

 sidered. 



The mfluence of R^ime on the meteorological conditions of a 

 forest is occasionally well marked. The effects of heat and cold, of 

 light, drought and winds, and of all the other determinant factors 

 of climate are different, and are not felt in the same degree in high 

 forests as in copses. Here again it is the various effects of the 

 B^ime followed, such as frost-bite, faults and defects in the 

 timber, injury caused by winds, &c., which must be observed and 

 studied ; for it might be expedient to know what such effects 

 actually are in the forest such as the R^ime hitherto in force has 

 left it, in order to be able to tell what modifications would result on 

 the introduction of another R%ime. 



From a cultural point of view, the general effect of the Coppice 

 Regime is mostly tiie same every where, whether the Coppice is 

 Simple or Compound. This R^;ime ean never divest iteelf of its 

 essential defects, viz^ uncovering the soil and favouring the inferior 

 at the expense of the more valuable species. These defects might 



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