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beginning more warmtli than they can get under a complete cover. 

 Hence, as the main means of regeneration, the well method will 

 always be of only exceptional application, but as a complement to 

 other systems, it may often bo employed with advantage. Thus, 

 for instance, a forest may be so badly damaged at certain points 

 that the best thing to do there would be to utilise at once the 

 injured stock and begin its regeneration forthwith ; and so on. 



