The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . NATIVES OP THE LAMDES. A CHURCH WMICH WAS BURIED BY THE SAND ON THE FRENCH DUNES REPORT ON FORESTS. 303, are Les lyandes de Gascogne, by M. Chambrelent, and L,esL,andes et L^es Dunes de Gascogne, by M. Grandjean. In the early part of this century (before 1857) the condition ofthis flat triangular plain, known as the Landes, which is roughlybounded by the Bay of Biscay, the river Adour, and the riverGaronne and the Medoc, was, in brief, as fol
The forestal conditions and silvicultural prospects of the coastal plain of New Jersey, with remarks in reference to other regions and kindred subjects . NATIVES OP THE LAMDES. A CHURCH WMICH WAS BURIED BY THE SAND ON THE FRENCH DUNES REPORT ON FORESTS. 303, are Les lyandes de Gascogne, by M. Chambrelent, and L,esL,andes et L^es Dunes de Gascogne, by M. Grandjean. In the early part of this century (before 1857) the condition ofthis flat triangular plain, known as the Landes, which is roughlybounded by the Bay of Biscay, the river Adour, and the riverGaronne and the Medoc, was, in brief, as follows: There weremiles of marshy, almost treeless wastes, covered mainly with alow, dense growth of herbage. It was wet, unhealthy andsparsely inhabited. The few people who lived there dependedupon their flocks. The accompanying picture shows a native ofthe Ivandes standing upon stilts watching his flock. (See PlateXXVI.) He is dressed in a heavy sheepskin paletot. By stand-ing on stilts these shepherds can easily see their sheep in the f herbage and can easily follow them through wet and marshyregions. Their spare time is spent in knitting stockings. Thecondition of the
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