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manoeuvres of an army without having regard to the 

 constitution of the soldier, to his strength, and to the 

 maintenance of his health. But it seems as unreasonable 

 to try to maintain any exploitation whatever without 

 risking the loss of some shoots, or of some trees, the 

 maintenance of which might be useful, as it would be 

 strange for a warrior to hesitate to lead a battalion under 

 fire, through fear that some men may be ^ruck by the 

 enemy's projectiles. In our fellings under this modifica- 

 tion of coppice wood growing in a timber forest, what 

 imports it that some stumps here and there may die? 

 They will be replaced ten times, and a hundred times, 

 more abundantly by the natural sowings. 



' 2. The exploitation does not relate any longer to shoots 

 in the dominant state, as in Furetaqe; and it does not 

 relate to shoots in the dominated condition alone, as in 

 ordinary coppice woods under timber ; it relates actually 

 mainly to what is in the intermediate condition, and each 

 exploitation removes first what is in this intermediate 

 state, and then a portion only of what is in the dominant 

 state, consisting of abandoned reserves. 



' Is it further required to give the means of comparing 

 this modified Furetage with the old Furetage ? 



' It is clear that the first-mentioned method stands to 

 the second as Taillis sousfutaie, coppice under timber, does 

 in relation to simple coppice ; but the difference, it seems, 

 is more accentuated, as in simple coppice there are still 

 reserved ha^iveaux, or standards selected from amongst the 

 strongest shoots.' 



M. Guinier discusses the matter in all its details ; and 

 he states at what places in France Furetage is practised, 

 and the extent to which it is there carried out. But upon 

 these discussions and statements I do not feel called upon 

 to enter. 



In regard to Furetage, Professor Bagneris writes in the 

 work I have cited: — ' It does not appear to us that this 

 method of exploitation should be generally adopted, 



