78 Oermany. 



wood was cut. In the begiiming of the period the judge 

 had wide latitude as to amouiit of the fine to be impoeed, 

 but in the 17th century more precise fines were fixed, and 

 in the 18th century a revision of the fines brought them 

 into proportion with the value of the stolen wood and 

 a choice of punishments by fines, imprisonment or labor 

 in the woods was instituted. 



12. Forestry Schools. 



The course of education for the foresters until the 

 middle of the 18th century was a simple one and mainly 

 directed to learning the manipulations of the chase, 

 training of dogs, tending of horses, setting the nets, 

 shooting, etc. Two or three years' life with a practical 

 himter were followed by journeying and working for 

 different employers, woodlore being picked up by the 

 way from those that knew. 



When in the 18th century the need for better woods 

 knowledge became pressing, the few really good forest 

 managers were sought out by the young men who wished 

 to secure this knowledge. In this way a number of so- 

 called "master-schools" came into existence, each de- 

 pending on one man. Such a school was that of v. 

 Zanthier in Wemigerode, later transferred to Ilsenburg, 

 started in 1764 and ending with his death in 1778. 

 Theoretical teaching and opportunity for practical 

 demonstration here was such that even students from 

 the Berlin school and men in actual employment 

 attended the courses. 



The two great masters and fathers of modem forestry, 

 Hartig and Cotta, each instituted such master-schools, 

 the former in 1789, and the latter in 1785. Cotta's 



