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attention on the part of the government, and colleges provided 

 with a complete staff of accomplished professors train youths 

 of good birth and education to the duties of State foresters. 

 Nor, in the case of France, is this law confined to the mother 

 country ; the Algerian forests are worked with scrupulous solic- 

 itude, and the collection of vegetable produce from the French 

 Colonies in the Museum at Paris, shows that their forest pro- 

 ducts are all diligently explored/' The above criticism of the 

 neglect and inaction of England applies equally to America. 



One of the oldest and best schools of forestry in Europe is 

 at ISTancy, a beautiful city of great historic interest, pleasantly 

 located on the left bank of the Meurthe, and at the base of a 

 long range of wooded and vine-clad hills, about two hundred 

 miles east of Paris. The parks and gardens of the city are 

 finely adorned with trees and shrubbery. The Department of 

 Meurthe, of which it is the capital, owes much of its rare rural 

 beauty to the influence of this celebrated school. Forestry 

 began to be studied as a science in France during the last 

 century, though these investigations were long interrupted by 

 the French revolution and the consequent wars. On the 

 re-establishment of peace this study was resumed, and the 

 School of Forestry was organized at Nancy, which, enlarged 

 and more fully equipped, is now liberally supported. The 

 cabinets, museums, apparatus and appliances of every sort, 

 seemed to me most complete and ample, although the Director 

 informed me that their choicest material was already packed 

 for the Paris Exposition. Instruction is given gratuitously to 

 those who prepare for the State Forest Service, and the 

 importance of this service may be inferred from the fact that 

 the State forests cover an area of nearly three millions of acres, 

 or about the size of Connecticut, with a gross revenue of about 

 seven millions of dollars, or deducting all expenses, a net 

 revenue of over five millions of dollars. The total expense 

 for board, lodging, uniform, instruments and pocket money, is 

 from four to five hundred dollars a year. To "foreign stu- 

 dents " a moderate charge is added for tuition. I found a 

 considerable number of English students in attendance here 

 last summer, who are candidates for forest service in India. 



The course occupies three years. The daily work requires ten 



