. Conservation. Forests and forestry. A Typical Everglade Scene Ten Miles South of Lake OkecUubce He saw at once the necessity of fixing the sand, and was, according to Grand- jean, the first to establish the fact that the way to fix the Dunes is by means of plantations of pine. He met with troubles in his work, and was finally sent back to the Island of Santo Do- mingo. In 1784, Bremontier began the work, and it is said that, by using the results of de \'illers' labors, he finally suc- ceeded in fixing the moving sand. The fixation of the Dunes rendered possible the work of AI. Chambrelent, w
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. A Typical Everglade Scene Ten Miles South of Lake OkecUubce He saw at once the necessity of fixing the sand, and was, according to Grand- jean, the first to establish the fact that the way to fix the Dunes is by means of plantations of pine. He met with troubles in his work, and was finally sent back to the Island of Santo Do- mingo. In 1784, Bremontier began the work, and it is said that, by using the results of de \'illers' labors, he finally suc- ceeded in fixing the moving sand. The fixation of the Dunes rendered possible the work of AI. Chambrelent, which was the reclamation of the Landes by drainage and plantings. It is a unique example of personal initia- tive. M. Chambrelent, a young engi- neer in the Department of Bridges and Roads, in 1837, was sent to the Gironde to study the drainage of 800,000 hec- tares of land in the districts of Gas- cony and the Landes. His conclusions were not accepted, so he bought some land and put in efifect the measures he advocated. In 1855, the results of his experiments were submitted to an in- ternational jury. The jury was so fa- vorably impressed that it recommended the application of Chambrelent's plans 456 for the entire region, and in 1857 a law was passed recjuiring the Communes to do this work. The Communes paid for it by selling a part of this land, which increased in value after the com- pletion of the work. This region was 100 meters above sea level, flat and sandy. It was underlain with a hard- pan called "; In summer it was a bed of burning sanely in winter in a state of constant inundation, while between the two was a period of pestilence. The country was characterized by sterility and insalubrity. A complete system of drain ditches was dusi; and the seeds of pine were sown. In 1865 all works of drainage were complete. By the fixation of the Dunes and the drainage of the Landes r) hectares of land were made productive. Fomerly. if one wished to buy lan
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