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If a party are travelling together, It could be more varied, but about 

 that amount is what would be required for one person. For a party of 

 ten, it -would not require ten times that amount. Less meat could be 

 taken, and more flour and beans, and eight such rations would feed 

 ten men. One person must carry more in proportion than larger num- 

 bers, as there is more waste, v/hich can hardly be avoided. 



I will be glad to furnish at any time any information which I 

 may possess on forest reservations and the fires therein. 



After the fire of last October I wrote an article descriptive of the 

 damage caused bj'' such fire to our present and future water sup- 

 plies. In it I also suggested the formation of a popular Forestry Associ- 

 ation for the purpose of co-operating with the Government in the 

 protection of the watersheds, etc. I submitted the article to one of our 

 newspapers, but it was returned with the remark that it was not 

 timely. 



I trust that your efforts to arouse public interest will meet with 

 the success which the matter deserves. Very respectfully, 



(Signed.) E. B. THOMAS. 



HG East Eleventh street. City. 



