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byclearingoperations,in Saxon Switzer- 
land, near the Bastei, thus preserving 
a favourite pleasure resort. Further, in 
celebration of the Kings jubilee, the 
corporation of Dresden purchased a 
forest of 286 acres to preserve it, as 
a natural monument, in its entirety. 
A boulder with glacial striae has been 
preserved for thirty years by the 
Humboldt Society at Lobau. 
Reichsland 
Several years ago, a committee 
for the protection of natural monu- 
ments was formed by the Philomatic 
Society at Strassburg. 
German Colonies 
Some of the German colonies are 
beginning to care for natural monu- 
ments, and a few instances may very 
well be quoted here. 
