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Woods and of Timber, Mensuration of Trees, Estimation of Forest 

 Contents, Partition of Forests for Exploitation, according to the 

 regime of management adopted, and the Practical Management of 

 Forests, in accordance with the regime adopted, be it coppice-wood, 

 timber forest, or a combination of the two ; and the Exploitation of 

 Forests in all its departments. Amongst accessory or supplemental 

 studies are reckoned Agriculture, Road-making, Rural Architec- 

 ture, Political Economy, Forest Law, Judicature, and Police, etc. 



The instruction is communicated by prelections, by written exer- 

 cises and examinations, and by illustrations in the class-room, in 

 the museum, and in the forest ; and the course of study extends 

 in different schools from two to four years. The term generally 

 adopted is two years and a half. 



In the programme of study followed at Aschaffenburg, in Bavaria, 

 which extends over two years and a half, we find that during the 

 first summer session attention is given to Botany, Zoology, the 

 Chemistiy of Vegetation, Natural Philosophy, Mathematics, Chart 

 Drawing, and Political Economy. 



In the winter session following, instruction is given in Forest 

 Economy, the Game Laws, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Miner- 

 alogy, Atomics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Heat, Acoustics, Optics, 

 Magnetism, Electricity, Meteorology, Trigonometry, Mensuration 

 of Solids, and Plan Drawing. 



In the second summer session there is continued the study of 

 Forest Mensuration, Meteorology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, 

 Land Mensuration, and Plan Drawing. 



In the second winter course attention is given to the Systematic 

 Management of Forests, according to different objects aimed at ; 

 and the Historical Development of Forest Economy, Forest Tech- 

 nology and Finance, the Timber Trade, the Management of State 

 Forests, Entomology, Organic Chemistry, Geology, Road-making, 

 Dam-making, and Bridge-building, and practice in Forest Men- 

 suration in its every department. 



In the concluding summer session attention is given to the prac- 

 tical application of all previous instruction, and instruction on 

 excursions in the whole round of forest operations, instruction in 

 Forest Administration, in Rural Economy and Agriculture, and 

 in all works of Forest Engineering. 



Facilities for the prosecution of field and forest studies abound 

 in the vicinity of Aschaffenburg, but the excursions take in a 

 wider range, and extend to the Black Forest, to the forests 



