“And even a child knows there were more trees around 300 hundred years ago.”
And God knows that children are born with an innate knowledge of How Things Were three centuries before they were born./ sarc
When British colonists landed in Virginia three hundred years ago they commented upon the lack of underbrush in the forest. They could ride a horse through the forest at a gallop because the forest wasn’t dense with trees and the forest floor was clear.
The forests had this condition because the native Indians routinely set fires to clear out underbrush. This removed hiding places for both enemies and the game they hunted. It was only after the Indians were pushed back across the Appalachians that the eastern forests reverted to thick wilderness. Maybe those children who are born with innate historical knowledge can fill you in on the details.
.....ok, now we are talking about “underbrush”.....
good lord.....