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anxiety which was, alas ! only too well justified — and this 

 summer we had the grief of seeing our loved and honoured 

 chief pass away. In him we lost a forester as devoted to his 

 subject as he was learned and experienced. A. Jolvet. 



The writer of the above notice succeeded the late M. Boppe 

 as Professor of Silviculture in the National Forest School at 

 Nancy. 



M. Boppe was Sous-Directeur of the school when 1 was in 

 charge of the British students there, from 1884 until the India 

 Office in 1886 ceased to train its men at Nancy. His high pro- 

 fessional attainments, and his kindly, courteous manner, secured 

 for him the respectful affection of our young countrymen. At 

 this time I formed with him an intimate friendship, which was 

 maintained until the day of his lamented death. It was my 

 almost daily privilege to accompany him to his room after the 

 delivery of his lecture, and there, greatly to my advantage, to 

 discuss with him the subjects he had just treated of during his 

 address to his class. In recognition of his eminent services in 

 connection with the training of candidates for the Indian Forest 

 Service, M. Boppe was made a Companion of the Indian Empire, 

 a distinction which he prized very highly. F. B. 



