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somewhat. Between the two rooms is a very convenient 
apartment for the curator of the Museum. Rarely is it the 
case that the students of different years interfere with each 
other ; those of the first year finding it quite enough to do 
to obtain a good knowledge of the bones, their peculiarities, 
and ligaments, with the teeth, and the muscles of the body ; 
and the second year’s students being equally well employed 
with their divisions of study. 
As the scholastic session lasts ten months, and the students 
must be at least four years in the school, they are required, 
if not proficient, to go over these divisions again. To 
ascertain this, periodical examinations, twice in a year, are 
instituted by the teachers, and if the candidate does not 
answer satisfactorily, an extension of time is imposed on him, 
and he has to go back to the first division ; so that occasion- 
ally, six or even eight years have to be devoted to study ; but 
the latter is very rarely the case, since if the candidate be 
then unsuccessful, he is no longer allowed to continue a 
pupil. 
The school being immediately under Government, each 
student pays about £28 per annum for instruction, board, 
and residence. The rules for the maintenance of becoming 
conduct, and the order of their studies, are very stringent, 
and any deviation from them is strictly noticed, and com- 
pliance enforced. The diet is both excellent and liberal. 
The grounds are so tastefully laid out beyond the official 
buildings, that many incentives to study exist. Shrubberies, 
and quiet and secluded nooks with seats, abound, so as to 
lessen the irksomeness of confinement ; yet we question if 
the English student would like this restraint, conducive 
though it be to his benefit in after life, by the inculcation 
of correct habits, and the keeping of him from those temp- 
tations which prevail in all cities. 
But besides all this, there are the botanical gardens, which 
are of considerable extent, the plants being arranged according 
to the natural system of Jussieu; and these cannot fail to 
afford to the students a delightful relief from their severer 
studies ; whilst at the same time they are furnishing their 
