CONTENTS AND ARGUMENT. 



PAGE. 



Index to Authorities Cited, - v 



Preface, ... Y ii 



States circumstances in which the volume is published. 



Chapter I. — Appearances Presented by Plantations on Drift- 

 Sand, 1 



Cites the appearance presented by plantations seen from the bell 

 tower of the Cathedral at Antwerp (p. 1) ; and by vineyards in 

 Medoc and the vicinity of Bourdeaux (p. 2) ; by Landes adjacent 

 (p. 3) ; by Arcachon (p. 4), and the pignadas in the vicinity (p. 5). 



Chapter II. — Appearances Presented by Landes adjacent to the 



Pine Plantations on Gascony, - 9 



There are given Mangin's description of the Landes (p. 9), and of 

 the Dunes (p. 13), of Dartmoor (p. 17), as corresponding to scenes 

 in Brittany (p. 18) ; of the swampy land of Montoir resembling 

 the Fen country of England (p. 21) ; and there follow notices 

 of what has been done to reclaim the adjacent sand-wastes (p. 24). 



Chapter III. — Legislation- in Regard to the Planting of the 



Landes with Trees, - 27 



There are given excerpts from the laws issued on 13th Messidor an 

 IX (2nd July, 1801) ; on 3rd Jour complemeniaire, an IX (p. 27) ; 

 12th July, 1808, 14th December, 1810 (p. 28) ; 5th February, 

 1817 (p. 29) ; and 29th April, 1862 (p. 30). 



Chapter IV. — Literature Relative to the Arrest and Cultivation 



of Drift-Sands in France, - - - 32 



Works in French are specified (p. 32) ; works in German (p. 33) ; 

 and works published in Hungary, America, and England are 

 referred to (p. 34). 



