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School there, and part of the forest in the immediate neighbour- 

 hood. The School has a very well equipped museum, and is 

 a commodious building. The country near Tharandt is like the 

 Highlands of Perthshire, only much more closely wooded. Here 

 at Tharandt, as well as at the Spessart and all the other districts 

 visited, the fact is strongly impressed on a visitor's mind that the 

 forest management confines itself strictly to kinds of trees which 

 have grown in the forests for centuries, and that the object seems 

 to be to perfect the growth of these by every possible means. 



On the 26th I travelled to Dresden, and thence to Hanover 

 and Rotterdam. The country between Dresden and Hanover 

 is well cultivated, and offers quite a contrast to the system of 

 farming referred to earlier in these notes. On the evening of the 

 following day I sailed for Leith, where I arrived about 2 a.m. 

 on Wednesday, the 29th June. 



I would take this opportunity of expressing my sense of the 

 great kindness shown to me by Dr Schlich. The knowledge 

 gained by his experience and skill was freely communicated 

 with enthusiasm and patience in every wood we visited, and this 

 doubled the profit and pleasure of a most enjoyable tour. 



