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described the pineries of Palafargell ; the lighthouse, and 

 the academy. To this succeeds the accounts of the cork-oak, 

 and the cork man ufacture, which has been cited [ante p. 11 4] 

 and of the dunes on the coast ; of measures adopted for fixing 

 .these, with notices .of the climate, and of legal questions 

 relative to the proprietorship of these ; a list of 125 articles 

 used or produced in the forestai industry of the district, 

 collected and deposited in the museum of the school ; lists 

 comprising 100 specimens of plants, minerals, and rocks, also 

 collected and so deposited ; and a resume of the whole, with 

 practical and scientific conclusions arrived at. 



Passing next to Torroella de Montgri, accounts are given 

 of the mansion and forest La Fonollera; of the dunes of 

 JBagur ; of the invasion of the phylloxera in Ampurdan ; 

 of the forest Montana Gran, and its management ; reasons 

 why the forests of Torella de Montgri should, with other 

 classified State forests, be exempted from sale ; of the 

 agricultural productions of the district, with notices of the 

 importance of establishing there a forestai meteorological 

 observatory. To this follows a report of the dunes, which 

 has been reprinted and published in a separate form ; in 

 this accounts are given of the dunes of the first, the second, 

 and the third zones; remarks on the fixation of dunes; 

 on the climates of the dunes ; opinions relative to the 

 fixation of dunes ; a question at law relative to dunes ; 

 and there is discussed the question of the appointment of 

 a Commission on dunes, with some account of what has 

 been done in other lands in connection with the fixation 

 of dunes. There follows a catalogue of objects of forestai 

 industries, of plants, of minerals, and of rocks, collected by 

 the students in the course of the tonr, and deposited in 

 the School of Forest Engineers in the Escurial. These 

 lists fill eight pages of large 8vo. 



In article 23 of the Reglamenta of the school is stated : 

 every year one of the professors appointed in turn shall go 

 abroad during the summer, in order personally to see what 

 improvements or additions rnioht be introduced into the 



