18 THE CANADIAN FORESTEr's 



Remember how irreparable is the damage your care- 

 lessness may cause. Not only will the forest disappear 

 before the fire you have lighted, but entire townships, 

 newly cleared and covered with harvests, which consti- 

 tute the sole wealth of the poor settlers, may, perhaps, 

 be devastated by the flames. "What a responsibility to 

 incur from a simple act of negligence ! 



Here ends the first part of my work. I think I have 

 shown, that by wise legislation, earnestness, and at- 

 tention, our fine forests can be easily preserved. Now, 

 our task is to describe the labour to be undertaken in 

 restoring those forests which are half-ruined to their 

 primitive state of vigour. 



