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[Aug. 15, 1908. 
Building Motor Bo&ts and 
Managing Gasolene Engines 
are discussed in the book 
“HOW TO BUILD A LAUNCH FROM PLANS' 
A complete illustrated work on the building of motor 
boats and the installing, care and running of gasolene 
motors. By Charles G. Davis. With 40 diagrams, 9 
folding drawings and 8 full-page plans. Price, post¬ 
paid, $1.50. 
The author is a builder and designer of national repu¬ 
tation. All the instruction given is defined and com¬ 
prehensive, 40 diagrams, 9 folding drawings and 8 full- 
page plans. That portion of the book devoted to the 
use and care of gas engines should be most carefully 
perused by every individual who operates one. The book 
is well worth the price asked for it. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
MY SIXTY YEARS ON 
THE PLAINS 
True Pictures of a Vanished Life 
"BILL" HAMILTON 
Appropriately enough W. T. Hamilton, the 
last survivor of the old race of free trappers, 
became the author of one of the best pen pic¬ 
tures of the old life of the plains and moun¬ 
tains ever written. 
No work of fiction offers more adventure, 
more thrills of desperate bravery, heroic endur¬ 
ance and hair breadth escape than this un¬ 
adorned narrative of the life of the old trap¬ 
per and plainsman, the companion of Bill 
Williams, Jim Baker, Carson, Bridges and the 
rest whose names are household words. 
“Sixty Years on the Plains” is all that the 
name signifies and more. It depicts every phase 
of frontier life, hunting, trapping, Indian fight¬ 
ing, the beginnings of Empire building. From 
the store house of sixty years of wonderfully 
full experience, Mr. Hamilton drew the material 
for a book of splendid interest and real value. 
Cloth, Illustrated. 
Postpaid, $1.50 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
CORRESPONDENCE. 
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the subjects to which its pages are devoted. Anonymous 
communications will not be regarded. The editors ar* 
not responsibile for the views of correspondents. 
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FRENCH FORESTRY METHODS. 
In reply to an inquiry from a Western forest 
commission, seeking information in regard to 
any system of forestry in France whereby tlie 
“State has succeeded in inducing individuals to 
act” and the financial results of applying proper 
forestry methods to poor lands, Consul-General 
Robert P. Skinner, of Marseilles, reports as fol¬ 
lows : 
The French Government is encouraging indi¬ 
viduals to replant trees on cleared lands by ex¬ 
empting such lands upon summits and mountain 
sides, dunes and moors from all taxation during 
thirty years and exempting all other lands which 
they may replant to the extent of three-fourths 
of the ordinary tax rate during a like period. 
Furthermore, the State pays subventions to pri¬ 
vate persons based upon the importance of the 
work proposed or accomplished, such subven¬ 
tions being in the form of seed, plants, money 
or labor. 
The State does not content itself with scien¬ 
tific control of the national forest domain and 
the encouragement of private persons as de¬ 
scribed ; it also assumes a large measure of 
authority over existing forests, privately owned. 
The following summary of the legislation de¬ 
fining this control has been kindly supplied by 
the Director-General of Waters and Forests: 
Art. 219. No private property owner may 
exercise the right to uproot trees or clear 
wooded lands, except after having declared 
such intention at the Under-Prefecture at least 
four months in advance, during which time the 
administration may signify to such proprietor 
its opposition to the proposed work. Before 
the signification of such opposition, and eight 
days at least after a notification given to the 
interested party, the inspector, under-inspector, 
or one of the general guards of the region will 
examine the state and the situation of the wood, 
and will prepare a detailed report, which will 
be notified to the party at interest, with an in¬ 
vitation to present his observations. The Pre¬ 
fect will give his opinion upon the opposition. 
This opinion will be notified to the forest agent 
of the department, and likewise to the owner 
of the wood, and transmitted to the Minister 
of Finance, who will pronounce administratively. 
If within the six months which follow the sig¬ 
nification of the opposition the decision of the 
Minister is not given and signified to the owner 
of the land the clearing may be undertaken. 
Art. 220. Opposition to the clearing of pri¬ 
vate forest lands can be established only for 
woods, the preservation of which is recognized 
as necessary: For the maintenance of the soil 
upon mountains and slopes; for the defense of 
the soil against erosions and the invasion of 
rivers and streams; for the existence of springs 
and watercourses; for the protection of dunes 
and slopes against the erosions of the sea and 
the invasion of sand; for the defense of the 
national territory in the frontier zone, which 
will be determined by a regulation of public ad¬ 
ministration ; for the public health. 
Art. 221. In case of the contravention of 
Article 219, the offending landowner will be con¬ 
demned to pay a fine calculated at the rate of 
500 francs ($96.50) at least and 1,500 francs 
($289.50) at the most, per hectare (2.47 acres) 
of land cleared. He must, moreover, if he is 
ordered so to do by the Minister of Finance, re¬ 
establish the clearings of plantations of trees 
within a delay of three years. 
Art. 222. Upon the failure of the proprietor 
to replant or seed cleared land, within the delay 
prescribed by ministerial decision, this will be 
done at his expense by the forest administration. 
Adventures with Indians and Game. 
By Dr. William Allen. Price, $2.15, postpaid. 
This is a pleasing narrative of adventures on the plains 
and in the Rocky Mountains. Indian ways and wars, 
hunting the bison, antelope, deer, cougar, grizzly bear, 
elk are all told interestingly and well. Fully illustrated. 
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THE SUMMER HOME OF TO-MORROW 
Houseboats and Houseboating 
ALBERT BRADLEE HUNT 
N OT only the best, but the only practical book for the yearly increasing num¬ 
bers who see in the Houseboat the solution of the great summer problem. 
Deals with a phase of country life as yet little known in this country, but well 
developed in England, which offers boundless possibilities not only to the wealthy, 
but to the family of moderate means in search of a summer home. 
Mr. Hunt has dealt with houseboating from, the water up, considering in detail 
various types and classes with full directions for construction and furnishing, and 
practical hints for dealing with the daily problems of the houseboater. He shows 
how at slight expense the acme of summer comfort may be obtained within easy 
reach of the city, and how the houseboat makes change of scene not only possible 
but easy. Special consideration is given power houseboats and auxiliary power 
boats. 
All this is accompanied by copious notes, drawings, builders’ plans and illus¬ 
trations of actual houseboats and houseboat life. Superbly illustrated, heavy paper, 
232 pages. 
A Work of Rare Beauty and Interest. 
Price, $3 Net. Postage, 34 Cents. 
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