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Show Forest Destruction ln Oreece. Oreccc Is tho latest touiitry tn bp coniroiitetl wllh the problem of forest destruction This summer vast tracts of her rotestH have been burnt over and laid waste and as her wooded land wns not vcrj lirge compurntlvelj speaking the situ ttlon Is n serious one llcr two chief assets are her cllmute and her uututal beuutj, the latter more or less enhanced hj the ruins of her pist Now I It Is said that her climate Is deteriorating deteriorat-ing with alarming rnpldltj. ltnlu la becoming less frequent, hut more violent vio-lent und long dt oughts nre followed by terrltllc storms which complete the de puliation of the mountain slopes vvhlih wns begun hj mnn while the rapid How of vv liter to the plilns causes nnnually serious Inundations Some little effort h is been made to reforest parts of the country und to protect such woodlands ns are left hut no great bucobh bas follow ed It New oik Commercial Advertiser. |