FOEEST TEEE8 AND FOEEST SCENEEY 



part only along the banks of streams, 

 this region has a curious interest for 

 the forester. It is believed by many 

 that this wide country, now waving in 

 grain and grass and covered with ex- 

 tensive farms, was at one time enriched 

 with scattered forests; but that these 

 have disappeared under the ravages 

 of repeated fires, kindled, it is sup- 

 posed, chiefly by the Indians. At 

 present our own race is perseveringly 

 reclothing these prairie lands with 

 groves and avenues of trees, and 

 is planting belts of them about farms 

 and orchards for protection from hot or 

 frosty winds. Thus the fringed bor- 

 ders of the streams are widening. The 

 outcome of this activity is a development 

 that stands in marked contrast with the 

 hurried consumption of our other forests. 

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