300 
VALUE OF A DEAD HORSE IN PARIS, 
obtain a demibourse, a pupil must have studied six months, at 
least, as pupil paying 'pension , and that he shall have distin- 
guished himself by the regularity of his conduct and success in 
his studies. The pupil entitled to a demibourse may obtain a se- 
cond, but always as a reward of good conduct and successful pro- 
gress. The Minister of War supports at the veterinary school of 
Alfort forty military pupils for the service of the cavalry. The 
pupils who, after four years’ study, are adjudged capable of exer- 
cising the veterinary art, receive a diploma as veterinary surgeon, 
the cost of which is fixed at 100 francs. The veterinary schools 
have hospitals attached to them for the reception and treatment of 
diseased animals. TJbe owners of these horses have only to pay 
the alimentary charge, of which the price is fixed yearly. 
It is clear that an institution so well conceived, conducted on 
rules and principles so well ordered, cannot fail to answer the im- 
portant and economical purposes of the founders, by producing & 
class of educated and skilful practitioners capable of rendering 
great service both to the state and individuals. 
The Value of a dead Horse in Paris. 
The use to which dead horses are put may be gathered from a 
brief account of the establishment at Montfaucon, near Paris, con- 
sisting of what we should call knackers’ yards. After the horses 
are deposited there, the hair of the main and tail is cut off, which 
amounts to about a quarter of a pound ; the skin is then taken 
away, which is disposed of to the tanners, and used for various 
purposes. The shoes are sold as old iron ; the feet are cut off, dried 
and beaten, in order to make the hoofs come away, or are left to' 
putrefy till they separate of themselves, when they are sold to* 
turners, comb-makers, manufacturers of ammonia and prussian 
blue. Every morsel of fat is picked out, collected, and melted, 
and is used for burning by makers of enamel and glass toys, 
greasing shoe leather and harness, and manufacturing soap and 
gas. The workmen choose the best pieces of the flesh to eat, pre- 
ferring those about the head, and sell the rest for dogs, cats, hogs, 
and poultry. It is also much used for manure and making prus- 
sian blue. The bones are disposed of to cutlers, fan-makers, &c., 
and are often made into ivory black, and also occasionally serve 
as fuel for melting the fat, and for manure. The sinews and ten- 
dons are sold to the glue-makers;, the small intestines are made 
into coarse strings for lathes, &c., or serve as manure. Even the 
maggots, which breed in great quantities in these yards, turn to 
account, for many are sold to the fishermen, and the rest, when de- 
veloped into flies, attract such numbers of swallows that the Pa- 
risians make a shooting ground of the neighbourhood. — Popular 
Record of Modern Science. 
