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attention in this coun- 

 try by the cutting of 

 the timber in the 

 mountainous regions. 

 The best examples of 

 the results of deforest- 

 ation are now to be 

 found in China, but 

 the records of the pro- 

 cess are not to be se- 

 cured. The more 

 recent denudation of 

 the mountains in 

 France, though not so 

 complete as that in 

 China, is more to the 

 point, because all the 

 records of the process 

 from the densely 

 wooded mountain 

 sides to the bare hills, 

 and even the attempts 

 at reforestation are 

 complete. . 



Rainfall is not dis- 

 tributecl evenly 

 throughout the year. 

 There are seasons of 

 heavy precipitation, 

 and seasons of more or 

 less severe drought. 



