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SUBMERGED FORESTS. 



We have now taken some notice, which 

 I hope will be useful to us/' said Mr. Long- 

 hurst, of the Forests above ground ; those 

 which nature has provided for the use of man, 

 and for the food and residence of beasts. Per- 

 haps a word or two, in conclusion, respecting 

 those beneath^ which, by some powerful agency, 

 have been destroyed^ may not be uninterest- 

 ing." 



Forests above ground T repeated Frede- 

 rick. ^' Are there any below ? " 



We shall hear. Forests are subject to 

 destruction from two causes — inundation and 

 fire. Immense tracts of country, which have 

 been overflowed, ages ago, by land-floods or by 



