CHEMICO-AGRICULTURAL TOUR. 139 



their brewery, and explained the processes they adopt in making 

 their Bavarian beer, which appeared to me to be the best I had 

 tasted whilst in Germany. The system of instruction carried out 

 in this agricultural school, appears to be very similar to that of 

 Hohenheim and other agricultural institutions of Germany, and 

 seems to be well calculated to give a sound and useful education 

 in all subjects pertaining to the practical culture of the soil in its 

 different departments. My visit to this valuable institution afford- 

 ed much pleasure as well as instruction ; and I was much struck 

 with the neatness and order which were maintained throughout 

 the entire establishment. 



While at Munich, I visited the Royal Bavarian Central Veteri- 

 nary School or College ; and though the director, Dr. Fraas, to 

 whom I had a card of introduction from his friend Baron Liebig, 

 was absent, one of the teachers of the college very kindly showed 

 me all through the institution, which is of very considerable extent 

 being, I believe, the largest veterinary school in Germany. This 

 college, which is in part supported by the State, is situated close 

 to the town, and consists of a number of well-built and commodi- 

 ous apartments and oflSces,for the instruction of pupils, and the ac- 

 commodation of the different animals received into this institution ; 

 and the stables for the horses under medical treatment struck me 

 as being particularly fine and well constructed. This school pos- 

 sesses a most extensive and valuable collection of anatomical and 

 pathological preparations, illustrative of the anatomy and the dis- 

 eases of horses, as well as of other domestic animals, some of 

 which are very interesting and beautifully preserved. In going 

 through this collection, I observed that the preparations, which 

 were mounted in spirit, had the mouths of the bottles closed in 

 a somewhat different manner from what I have seen adopted else- 

 where, viz, their flat lips having been ground quite smooth, circu- 

 lar pieces of flat glass, being cut somewhat smaller than the outer 

 rim of their lips, were, (after the preparations had been placed in 

 them) securely fastened on as covers, by merely placing a layer of 

 common putty round their edges ; and I was informed that this 

 simple method was found to answer the purpose better than any 

 other they had yet tried. There is a very neat little chemical lab- 

 oratory and lecture-theatre connected with this school, where the 

 students are obliged to attend certain courses of chemical lectures, 

 and work in practical chemistry. There is also an anatomical the- 



