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offer i^e best field we can have for discnssmg and settling disputed 

 qnestions whether of teiminology or forest work. Hitherto they 

 have not been saffidentlj utilised in this respect, the reason no 

 donbt being the natural relnctance one feels to deal as well as to 

 receive hard blows. But in the interests of science and of onr 

 own special profes^on we must cease to be too thin-skinned. How 

 men of sdence in Great Britun can pnt np with, and do not mind 

 receiving, hard knocks will be seen at once on reference to any 

 number of the Jottmal " Nature." 



In conclusion I must apologise for the innumerable typographi- 

 cal errors with which this Draft bristles. Publishing it in the 

 manner already described, I could obviously avail myself only of 

 small local presses, possessing neither reader nor efficient foreman. 

 With the slender means at their command, they have nevertheless 

 performed their work extremely well, and I owe them my best 

 thanks for the patience with which they waited for " copy " when 

 my hands were full of other work. 



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Dehra Brs, -J E. E. FEKNAXDEZ. 



The 19th Xovember 1888. 



-:o: 



