21. The fact that Texas trees are being felled in record numbers also reflects a basic change in the timber business since the turn of the century. 22. The first settlers died of exposure, scarlet fever, felling trees that fell the wrong way, eating the wrong wild nightshade plant. 23. They prevented reinforcements from reaching any of the posts by felling huge trees to block the roads. 24. Those fears climbed when the city felled some oak trees to build turn lanes on one of the main streets leading to the square. 25. Thursday morning several Protestant men felled a tree and used the trunk as a bridge across the wire. 26. To begin with, all the usual caveats about felling trees. 27. Tourism is strictly limited, mountain-climbing is prohibited, export of raw timber has been banned and not a single tree can be felled without approval. 28. Trees were felled and pushed into a pile, along with many young birds nesting in them. 29. After felling two trees, Sapar turned his saw on his own leg and sawed it off. 30. And when the selected trees are felled, they topple dozens of smaller ones that are left behind and provide more fuel for future fires. |