330 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Rumford, a native of Woburn, Massachusetts, gained his 

 European fame ? Many of the great attractions of the city, 

 indeed, are due to his genius and influence. Tlu'ough liim the 

 city obtained and laid out the beautiful " English Garden," 

 now the finest public park of the country. 



But to save the loss of time, I reported myself at once to the 

 American Consul, Mr. Webster, through whose cordial polite- 

 ness I was enabled to see the city much more thoroughly and 

 speedily than I otherwise could have done ; and to the traveller 

 time is not only money, but represents, if properly spent, a vast 

 amount of useful information, always floating about in a strange 

 city, but not always collected and stored away in a foreigner's 

 brain. 



After taking a general look of the city, so as to get " the 

 points of compass," I called to see the Baron von Liebig and 

 his celebrated laboratory. Isn't he the embodiment of agri- 

 cultural science ? Hasn't he given a stronger impetus to the 

 farmer's thoughts, investigations and progress, for the last 

 twenty years, than any other man ? He is one of the " sights," 

 of course, as much as the far-famed Pinacotok, the paintings of 

 Kaulbach, or the sculptures of Schwanthaler. 



Unfortunately it was vacation. His students were away, and 

 what was worse, he was out of town himself. Then we must 

 hunt up Dr. Fraas, the director of the Royal Agricultural 

 Society, the Agricultural College, the Veterinary Institute, 

 lecturer at the University, etc. fie holds so many public posi- 

 tions that I cannot remember them all. Here is the Veterinary 

 School and Infirmary ; here sick horses, sick dogs, anatomical 

 collections, and all the other paraphernalia of a veterinary estab- 

 lishment, just at the entrance of the English Garden. One 

 room is devoted to the study and preparation of medicines, 

 specimens, etc. Here the students are actively at work, some 

 on one thing, some on another, but all earnestly pursuing their 

 favorite studies. The stalls where the horses are kept are 

 large and roomy, but I was astonished to find the air so impreg- 

 nated with ammonia, for want of proper ventilation, as to be in 

 danger of putting a horse's eyes out. I think it would have made 

 a well horse sick in less than twenty-four hours. ^My friend the 

 Consul could not stand it five minutes, and was obliged to rush 

 out into the air to avoid a sudden " fit of sickness." When 



