152 THE CAROLINA MOUNTAINS 
action is the thing, fairly takes one's breath, particu- 
larly the breath of one who has rested in his midst 
before enlightenment had disturbed his slumbrous 
existence. And what an influence must the training 
of thousands of young men in practical forestry have 
in educating those who not only have the greater 
part of the forest land in their keeping, but who will 
soon be needed to administer and beautify the new 
national park! 
It was at Biltmore that the "Good Roads Move- 
ment" was started which has made such wonderful 
progress in the state for the past few years. Here also 
was born the idea of the great Southern National 
Forest which has just become a reality, and here 
years ago for their education came some of those 
most deeply interested in the preservation of our 
natural forests, because Biltmore was at that time 
the only place in the United States where scientific 
forestry was practiced on a scale large enough to be 
of value to them. 
Pisgah Forest, besides its other uses, is also a 
game preserve, so that the red deer once more 
bounds along its shady aisles, while the wild turkey 
and ruffed grouse grow and multiply, and flocks of 
quails fearlessly trot along the road ahead of your 
horse. What added grace belongs to the forest 
where the quails are not afraid of us! Not that the 
wild denizens of Pisgah are wholly undisturbed, or 
so one infers from the recent phenomenal increase of 
game in the Asheville market during the open season, 
and if the venison enjoyed by visitors to Asheville 
