PREFACE. 
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THis is the third of a series of Volumes, the publication 
of which has been undertaken as a contribution to the 
literature of Forest Science in the English language. The 
publication of the first of the series, The Forests of England, 
and the Management of Them in Byegone Times, resulted from 
the unexpected offer from a National Association to con- 
tribute £10 towards the expense, the Council of tlie Asso- 
ciation having expressed the opinion that the successive 
publication of this and other Volumes of the series would 
certainly contribute to further the ends the Society had 
in view. When the proceeds of the sales of that Volume 
may suffice for the purpose, they will be spent in the 
publication of a companion Volume on the Management 
of English Forests in the Nineteenth Century, and their 
Present Condition, which is ready for the press. 
In aid of the publication of the second of the series, 
French Forest Ordinance of 1669; with Historical Sketch of 
Previous Treatment of Forests in France, £10 were coutri- 
buted by Mr W. T. Costigan, Montreal. When the pro- 
ceeds of sales may suffice for the purpose, these will be 
spent in the publication of a companion Volume on 
Forestry and Sylviculture in France subsequent to the 
publication of the Ordinance of 1669, which also is ready 
for the press. . 
For the publication of this, the third of the series, the 
printer has, without departing from the usages of the 
