Considering the limited nature of the records available for the French period and the small size of the sample used in the above analysis, it is pleasing that some useful points have emerged suggestive of the relative abundance of tree species in the pre-settlement forest of the island. To test the validity of these points and to further add to our picture of the forest we are fortunate that we are able to turn to records from the succeeding British period. For that period there are many more records available (it was a much longer period), and they also tend to contain more detail. Though almost all are qualitative and general in nature, some, especially the data contained in field survey notebooks and maps, are quantitative to a degree and often location-specific. It is through examination of them that we will be able to test the validity of the picture that has emerged from the records of the French period.

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