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"Botany, zoology, and geology" form the course of in- 

 struction followed by the students at the Training College, 

 Lincoln, the lessons on these sciences being followed up 

 by observational walks under the direction of the lecturer, 

 when the students are encouraged to make discoveries for 

 themselves. The walks are conducted for the following 

 purposes : — 



" (i) To note modes and places of growth of different plants. 



(2) To collect specimens of flowers, leaves, grasses, &c., for collec- 

 tions of pressed flowers, &c. 



(3) To note habits of different animals and insects. 



(4) To collect specimens for coming lectures and brush-work. 



(5) To note the strata of the district and to collect local rocks and 

 fossils. " 



In the biological studies at Darlington Training Colleges 

 no distinction is made between theoretical and practical 

 work, and importance is attached to the keeping of a record 

 in the form of sketches. 



The ten days' observations on seeds and seedlings sent by 

 Bishop Otter College, Chichester, may also be mentioned 

 here, likewise the plans, relief maps, and drawings in con- 

 nection with observational work carried on, around the 

 Home and Colonial High School and Training College. 



Westminster Training College sent papers and books deal- 

 ing with its school journeys, which were supplemented by 

 the notes and accounts written by students. 



Group F. In this group there were but two ex- 



Character of hibits. The first was sent by the Training 

 the Exhibits. College for teachers for the oral instruc- 

 tion of the deaf, with which is associated 

 a school for children. The leading features of the teaching 

 at this institution are given below: — 



** Nature-study not only develops the children's power of observation, 

 and leads them to take a living interest in their surroundings, but in- 



