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This course was comprehensive, embracing the general prin- 

 ciples of rights, persons and things, and the laws affecting 

 property, real and personal. 



The royal master of forests, Bierdimpfel, lectured in the 

 winter term on the introduction to the management of forests, 

 the structure of woods, plants, and their relation to the air, 

 climate and soil, and on the definition of the technical forest 

 expressions. 



Summer Term. 



On forest cultivation, protection of forests. These courses 

 were illustrated by excursions into the neighboring forests 

 belonging to the government. 



In addition to the short and frequent botanical and other 

 excursions in the neighborhood, long excursions are made, from 

 time to time, to various parts of the kingdom, the students 

 being accompanied on them by one or more professors. Special 

 subjects are assigned to some one or more of the class on which 

 to write out a detailed report. As an example, the last great 

 excursion which took place previous to my visit was made to 

 Northern Bavaria, to Niirnberg, and so round to Augsburg, to 

 visit the wool market in that city. In the former city, there 

 was, at that time, a great meeting of Bavarian farmers for the 

 discussion of agricultural topics ; an agricultural convention, iu 

 other words. That was taken into the trip. That part of the 

 kingdom, as well as Franconia, througli which the direction 

 lay, is largely devoted to the culture of hops. Now two of the 

 students were appointed to write out an account of the journey 

 in general ; three to write on the culture of the hop ; two on 

 fruit culture, as seen iu the excursion; another on irrigation; 

 another on garlic-land ; another on the art of manuring ; four 

 others on cattle ; two others on the visit to Lichtenhof Agricul- 

 tural School ; another on bees ; two others on the wool market, 

 &c. A full report of the excursion is thus made, mostly 

 written by the students themselves, and printed in connection 

 with the annual report of the school. 



The arrangement of the hours for the lectures at this school, 

 is as follows : — 



