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on that government by Mr Judrae, a forest official of 
high position, and of the forests of Archangel by Mr 
Hepworth Dixon, of Lapland, of the land of the Samoides 
and of Nova Zembla; of the exploitation of the forests 
by Jurdinage, and of the evils of such exploitation; and 
of the export timber trade, and disposal of forest products. 
In connection with discussions of the physical geography 
of the region information is supplied in regard to the 
contour and general appearance’ of the country ; its flora, 
its forests, and the palaeontological botany of the regions 
beyond, as viewed by Professor Heer and: Count Saporta ; 
its fauna, with notices of game, and with copious lists of 
coleoptera and lepidoptera, by Forst-Meister Gunther, of 
Petrozavodsk. 
Extract From Prerace.—‘In the spring of 1877 I published a 
brochure entitled The Schools of Forestry in Europe: a Flea for the Crea- 
tion of a School of Forestry in connection with the Arboretum in Edin- 
burgh, in which with details of the arrangements made for instruction in 
Forest Science in Schools of Forestry in Prussia, Saxony, Hanover, 
esse, Darmstadt, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, Austria, Poland, Russia, 
Finland, Sweden, France, Italy, and in Spain, and details of arrange- 
ments existing in Fdioburgh for instruction in most of the subjects in- 
cluded amongst preliminary studies, I submitted for consideration the 
opinion, ‘‘ that with the acquisition of this Arboretum, and with the ex- 
isting arrangements for study in the University of Edinburgh, and in 
the Watt Institution and School of Arts, there are required only facil'- 
ties for the study of what is known on the Continent as Forest Science 
to enable these Institutions conjointly, or any one of them, with the 
help of the other, to take a place amongst the most completely equipped 
Schools of Forestry in Europe, and to undertake the training of furesters 
for the discharge of such duties as are now required of them in India, in 
our Colonies, and at home.” 
‘This year has seen world-wide arrangements for an International 
Exhibition of forest products and other objects of interest connected 
with forestry in Edinburgh, ‘‘In the interests of forestry, and to pro- 
mote a movement for the establishment of a School of Forestry in Scot- 
land, as well as with a view of furthering and stimulating a greater im- 
provement in the scientific management of woods in Scotland and the 
sister countries which has manifested itself during recent years,” 
‘The following is one of a series of volumes published with a view to 
introduce into English forestal literature detailed information on some 
of the points on which information is supplied to students at Schools of 
Forestry on the Continent ; and to make better known the breadth of 
study which is embraced in what is known there as Forstwissenscaft, ov 
Forest Science.’ 
