Show A treeless forest away down in devonshire in tho southwestern th western part of england there 1 Is ou n very Int erastine tract of land it I 1 Is s known flown as dartmoor forest and N 1 i so named in all old deeds and grants of land yet with tho the exception of a small grovo of dwarf oaks it Is almost entirely without treed this stratigo la Is said to b be duo due to th 0 fact of tho the greater part or of dartmoor haying having actually been a forest yo years ars ago but it was so BO infested with wih bercu wild animals that tho the people were forced in self defense to sot set fire to the trees and so by degrees tho the forest was destroyed certain it Is that the soil of the m moor is composed of rich black vegetable matter and that remains of tree trunks have been found under the ground moreover the people of oua cue district have for gonera bonara lions enjoyed the privilege of free pasturage th li a grant awarded their ancestors fur for services in do wolves to in dartmoor forest for the same reason they are a allowed to gather tho peat which abou ridi in ill the fens fena or marshy lands landa and which chic h makes akes an excellent fuel the at m of tile moor Is nearly al ways moist and foggy indeed the people who llva live there say any that atie le west nest winds always brings we wet t weather the east wind wet vet anil and cold together the no south winds surely brings us ua rin rain the rhe north wind blo A a it back again so it seems the peo people of dartmoor i have very little dry weather but in spite of this salt or per haps hapa become or of it 11 the region Is 0 one n 0 of h and the little bar barefoot eloot children of the moor w who ho live in low huts hula mall mada of 8 sods 0 a are rens as fat and rosy a set net as ca can n b be found anywhere american agri I 1 |