 | George Perkins Marsh - Conservation of natural resources - 1874 - 702 pages
...fires, still covers far the largest proportion of the surface. Through this territory the soil i,-. generally poor, and even the new clearings have little...four-footed beast, may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
 | Kentucky. Geological survey, 1873-1891 - Geology - 1877 - 514 pages
...settlements, robbed of some of its finest pine groves, and often ravaged by devastating fires, still covers far the largest proportion of the surface....four-footed beast, may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
 | Kentucky. Geological survey, 1873-1891 - Geology - 1877 - 542 pages
...settlements, robbed of some of its finest pine groves, and often ravaged by devastating fires, still covers far the largest proportion of the surface....four-footed beast, may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
 | 1877 - 998 pages
...some forest patches should here and there be saved from destruction, in order that they may furnish " at once a museum for the instruction of the student,...nature, and an asylum where indigenous tree, and humble Dlant that loves the shade, and fish, and "owl, and four-footed beast may dwell.'' The destruction... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Human geography - 1882 - 720 pages
...distinguishes them elsewhere. The value of the land for agricultural uses is therefore very Bmall. and few purchases are made for any other purpose,...four-footed beast, may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - Natural resources - 1885 - 666 pages
...as any other, though common opinion still combats the course of judicial decision on such questions. of considerations have a real worth. It is desirable...and fourfooted beast, may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
 | New York (State). Forest Commission - Forests and forestry - 1887 - 190 pages
...small, and few purchases are made for any other purpose than to strip the soil of its timber. * * * It is desirable that some large and easily accessible...indigenous tree and humble plant that loves the shade, and * See Report of the US Commission of Agriculture, 1883. f The report of the California State Board... | |
 | New York (State). Forest Commission - Forests and forestry - 1887 - 182 pages
...for any other purpose than to strip the soil of its timber. * * * It is desirable that some large aud easily accessible region of American soil should remain,...indigenous tree and humble plant that loves the shade, and * See Report of the US Commission of Agriculture, 1883. f The report of the California State Board... | |
 | Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1893 - 778 pages
...very small, and few purchases are made for any other purpose than to strip the soil of its timber. It is desirable that some large and easily accessible...and four-footed beast may dwell and perpetuate their kind, in the enjoyment of such imperfect protection as the laws of a people jealous of restraint can... | |
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It is desirable that some large and easily accessible region of American soil should remain, as far as possible, in its primitive condition, at once a museum for the instruction of the student, a garden for the recreation of the lover of nature, and an... 
