rOEEST TREES 



they are more agreeable to contemplate 

 than those that have been despoiled of 

 then* attractions. It should be re- 

 membered that if we traveled through 

 these forests we should often find fresh 

 signs of human interference: sections 

 of trees lying prone on the ground, 

 abandoned as useless by the lumber- 

 man; stripped crowns that stood in the 

 way of falling trunks, and debris of 

 bark and slashings. We should also 

 notice the track of the forest fire 

 among the stumps and charred tree- 

 trunks, and here and there the dying 

 tops of standing trees that were un- 

 able to withstand the flames. Fi- 

 nally, in dry and semi-arid regions, 

 particularly in sections of the South- 

 west, we should notice still another 

 danger that threatens our forests: 

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