. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 36o Canadian Forestry Journal. July, icjjo. FOREST DESTRUCTION IN FRANCE The present wholesale destruction of timber, which it is necessary to re- pair quickly, is not the first France has suffered, and its exceptional grav- ity arises from the fact that the pre- ceeding one is not yet wholly made up. The great destruction of forests in France during the Napoleonic wars was estimated at 12j/2 million acres, .and it still weighs heavily on the â country. The deplorable results of Ihis destruction and of the upsetting of s}
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