6G The French Imperial School of Forestry. [Jan., 



much as possible be cut at the same period, and in such a manner 

 as to satisfy the rules laid down for the good management of 

 forests. Two of these " amenagements " are executed here ; one 

 in the " hard wood " and the other in the Scotch fir. Another had 

 before been effected in the forest of Haye, near Nancy, which has 

 hitherto been treated as coppice, but is now gradually being changed 

 into a real timber forest, in which the reproduction is to be effected 

 by natural seeding. This " amenagement " had for its object to 

 show how the change might be completely effected with as little 

 loss and as much regularity as possible. These " amenagements " 

 include the principal cases likely to occur in France. 



In the principal Examinations of the second year the pro- 

 fessors give specimens of rocks, plants, and wood to be determined. 

 Kespecting the plants the student is required to state the class, 

 family, genus, and species to which each belongs. 



For the final class-list a proportion of the marks gained in the 

 first year counts with those of the final examination, which itself 

 forms about half of the total, the other half being supplied by the 

 marks of the first year, the marks at Easter of the second year, and 

 those for the different exercises during that year. 



These examinations bring the course at the Ecole Forestiere 

 to a close ; and those who have satisfied the examiners have inva- 

 riably been found perfectly competent for all their professional 

 duties. Whether the system inculcated at the Ecole Imperiale 

 Forestiere, with the modifications necessitated by the differences of 

 climate, can be successfully applied to the forests of India, is the 

 problem now awaiting solution. 



The students who enter under the auspices of the French 

 Government, must be between the ages of eighteen and twenty- 

 two, thus resembling the majority of the undergraduates at our 

 English universities. The contrast as to the discipline main- 

 tained in the two cases is very striking. From the table given 

 above it will be seen that the whole day, from eight in the morning 

 until five in the evening, is necessarily spent at the Forest School, 

 for the students are not allowed to leave the premises, except 

 during the hour devoted to breakfast. From five o'clock until ten 

 in the evening they are at liberty to employ their time as they 

 think fit, provided they do not infringe any regulation of the 

 School. 



The police of the establishment is carried on by three "Adju- 

 tants," one of whom is always in the room allotted to the men of 

 each year during the study time ; acting, in fact, as an usher, and 

 reporting to one of the professors who holds the post of " Inspector 

 of the School.'" The third has nothing to do in the School, but 

 parades the town in plain clothes during the evening when the 

 students are allowed to be out. The latter are obliged to return 



