212 MODERN FOREST ECOMONY. 



The instruction is given (1) by oral lectures and lessons 

 in drawing by the professors; (2) by written exercises, 

 calculations, and analyses on the subjects embraced by 

 these lectures ; (3) by the detailed study of the animals, 

 rocks, plants, and forest products which constitute the 

 collections and adjuncts of the establishment; (4) by the 

 practice of topography, land surveying, the study of 

 natural history and of mountains in the field ; (5) by 

 excursions to the plantations and mountains. 



The school sessions extend, with specified holidays, 

 from the 1st of October of one year to the 31st of May in 

 the year following. Field exercises are included in this 

 session ; but according to what may be required in 

 different classes these may be extended over the months 

 of June, July, and August. 



The material provisions for study are specified as con- 

 sisting of the buildings, lands, forests, nurseries, gardens, 

 and their dependencies ; appropriated to the school is a 

 meteorological observatory ; the furniture of the institu- 

 tion, a library and collections of charts and drawings ; a 

 laboratory and cabinet of chemistry, with apparatus and 

 re-agents ; collections and museums of topography, land 

 surveying, and cabinets of illustrations of natural history, 

 of mountains, of mechanics, and of forest industries ; the 

 collection of iron implements employed in the practical 

 working of the school lands or in the study of the pupils ; 

 herbaria and collections of plants and of fruits ; and in 

 conclusion, the workshops and machinery, with all the 

 iron tools belonging to these, and the equipments and 

 arms of the warders and dependents. 



The students do not live in the school. Each is 

 required to lodge his address with the secretary of the 

 school, and to keep him informed of any change of resi- 

 dence made by him. They are required to supply them- 

 selves with all text-books, mathematical instruments, 

 writing and drawing implements, and the uniform 

 enjoined upon students ; but beyond this I know of no 

 pecuniary charge made upon them. Regular ,and 



