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no longer see, wliat is now no uncommon sight, whole 

 regions absolutely stripped of their wood. 



The settler must also be forced to observe the strictest 

 rules of prudence in the management of the fires neces- 

 sarily employed in the process of clearing his farm. I 

 will treat more fully on this point further on. 



Tourists, sportmen, anglers, must be watched at least 

 as closely as the settler. 1 heir abode and their behaviour 

 in the forest must be under the control of strict rules 

 and regulations. 



Lastly, that the laws in question may be carried out 

 entirely in all the points I have drawn attention to, the 

 forests mtTst be under the superintendence of a well or- 

 ganised body of police. By police, I mean to include the 

 foresters and other agents, whose duty it will be to see 

 that the laws in question be properly applied, and put 

 into execution against all offenders. 



To crown the whole, there should be a penal clause 

 in the act, punishing all contraventions of the law not 

 only with a severe fine, but with imprisonment also. 



A system based on the ideas which I have just offered 

 to my readers, consideration— some of which have already 

 been incorporated into the laWt — ^may, perhaps, not be a 

 perfect system, but it would be an approach to an im- 

 proved state of things. 



I fancy that legislation has already been initiated in 

 each of the provinces on this matter ; but, unfortunately, 

 the law is not always put into execution. It is therefore 

 important that, on one side, the laws connected with 

 our forests be made as complete as possible, on the 

 other, that the application of the laws be strict and 

 invariable. 



