Excerpt from Save the Adirondack Forests and the Waterways of the State of New-York: Opinions of the Press A considerable portion of the forest which once covered the water-shed of the Hudson River has already disappeared, and the effect of such destruction is already apparent. Many of the small streams which once flowed continuously throughout the year, are now dry during several months, and the effects of the diminution of water upon the Hudson is already so great that navigation above Troy is rendered almost impossible in dry seasons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.