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But it is certain that such a plan, with perhaps an 

 allotment (though I do not despise allotments, which 

 are excellent in their way) half a mile away, does not 

 attach an agricultural labourer to the soil in the way 

 that a cottage with his own garden surrounding it 

 does, especially if he has been taught in his youth to 

 appreciate the enormous advantages of rural life, in 

 the manner I have tried to indicate. 



I have trespassed on your time long enough. But 

 after what the President of the Board of Education 

 said at the opening of this exhibition, I felt that I 

 was free to assure you how strongly I sympathized 

 with this movement. I have been a humble un- 

 scientific student of Nature all my life, during nearly 

 all of which I have had my home in the country. 

 And I love the country. 



NATURE-STUDY IN COLLEGES AND 

 HIGHER SCHOOLS 



By Professor L. C. MIALL, F.R.S. 



The characteristic features of Nature -study in 

 colleges and higher schools are determined by the 

 age of the students, who are usually adult, and also 

 by the fact that microscopes and other appliances can 

 be supplied and used in class. Many of the students 

 are undergoing training as teachers. I have found, 

 however, that a course of Nature-study may be well 

 suited to students who do not propose to teach. 

 Nothing, for example, forms a better introduction 



