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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 Jardinage, 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 Preface. — 'In the spring of 1877 I published a 

 brochure entitled T!ie Schools of Forestry in Europe: a pkajor 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 ia Schools of Forestry in Prussia, Saxony, Hanover, 

 Hesse, Darmstadt, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, Austria, Poland, Russia, 

 Finland, Sweden, France. Italy, and in Spain, and details of arrange- 

 ments existing in Fidinburgh 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 facili- 

 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 foresters 

 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 Soot- 

 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, or 

 Forest Science,' 



