. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ALSACE AND GEEMAN LOEEAINE. 171 in Lorraine. Deer have been exterminated, but were recently reintroduced into the forests of Schlettstadt. Wolves come over occasionally from the Jura and the Ardennes, and about a thousand wild boars are killed annually ; but wild cats and foxes have become rare. Fig. 100.—The Basin of the III. Scale 1 : _ 10 Miles. The forests of Alsace, though very extensive even now, have shrunk consider- ably in the course of centuries, and thousands of acres have recently been replanted with a view to regulating the
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ALSACE AND GEEMAN LOEEAINE. 171 in Lorraine. Deer have been exterminated, but were recently reintroduced into the forests of Schlettstadt. Wolves come over occasionally from the Jura and the Ardennes, and about a thousand wild boars are killed annually ; but wild cats and foxes have become rare. Fig. 100.—The Basin of the III. Scale 1 : _ 10 Miles. The forests of Alsace, though very extensive even now, have shrunk consider- ably in the course of centuries, and thousands of acres have recently been replanted with a view to regulating the climate and the flow of the rivers. Dams have been constructed across many of the smaller rivers, and water, stored up by. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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