PREFACE 
A NATIONAL interest in forestry is necessary to its 
success as a permanent industry. Such an interest 
has been long existent in Europe with beneficial 
results; in the United States of America it has 
conduced to much good work during the past 
decade; in the United Kingdom it is a growing 
force. . 
If this narrative arouses some interest in the 
forests of India it will have served a useful purpose; 
for there State Forestry is still in the beginning, 
and its results are all in the future. 
8. E.-W. 
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