The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . fulvillas in the midst of a magnificent pine forest; or at the famousDutch resort, Scheveningen, with its beautifully shaded avenues;or Domberg (see plate XXV), or anywhere, in fact, in the lee ofthe dune, which protects the farm-land where the industrious ;jDutch have beautiful villas in the midst of the woods. Sand- .bars and mud-flats should never be despised, and a country closeto the sea enjoys many advantages of which its people are not
The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . fulvillas in the midst of a magnificent pine forest; or at the famousDutch resort, Scheveningen, with its beautifully shaded avenues;or Domberg (see plate XXV), or anywhere, in fact, in the lee ofthe dune, which protects the farm-land where the industrious ;jDutch have beautiful villas in the midst of the woods. Sand- .bars and mud-flats should never be despised, and a country closeto the sea enjoys many advantages of which its people are notalways The utilization* of the forests of America began with theIndian. The Coastal Plain of New Jersey, however, was verysparsely inhabited before Europeans landed. Here and therealong the rivers may be seen the vestiges of Indian villages, pot- * One often hears and reads the statement that the branch of forestry called forest utilization and lumbering are synonymous. This is a mistake in that lumbering is no more forestry than the pickingof wild fruits is agriculture. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEYREPORT ON FORESTRY Plate No. A GROUP OP RED CHDARS ON THE COAST OF NEW -J[;RSEY REPORT ON FORESTS. 253 ?sherds, broken shells, bones and bits of jasper. At certain timesof the year large numbers crossed the State to enjoy for a timethe bathing and fruits of the sea, but the permanent populationwas never large. The Indian of New Jersey domesticated noanimals and cultivated only a few plants. His clumsy stoneimplements were so unwieldy and impotent that he was unableto exterminate animals or cut down forests.* He dependedmainly upon the fruits and animals of the woods. He neededonly wood for fuel, which was everywhere plentiful, and white-cedar logs, out of which to shape his canoes. The rivers werehis highways, the canoe his conveyance. Fires, no doubt, wereset both accidentally and purposely by the Indian, but in South-ern New Jersey th^y were probably infireque
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