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minds with such information as must be of great use to them 
when they return to practise their profession in the provinces. 
The garden is kept in excellent order, and in it are grown 
most of the medicinal plants that are indigenous, or will 
thrive in the climate, with the grasses used as fodder for 
animals, and also those yielding grain, with many of the 
vegetables required for the use of the establishment. 
The infirmary for horses appeared to be well appointed. 
The patients were numerous ; the horses of the public being- 
now admitted on a payment of about two shillings a day. 
The boxes and stalls are well ventilated, and kept exceedingly 
neat and clean. 
The third and fourth year’s students have a certain number 
of animals placed under their care, subject, of course, to the 
direction of the professor of each department, who visits them 
with the students, and directs what is to be done, of which 
the latter keep an account ; noting down the symptoms, and 
the changes that take place, &c. The minor operations are 
performed by them, after they have given proof of their 
capability of so doing. 
Cattle are also received for treatment ; and a peculiar kind 
of sheep is kept for sale for the purpose of improving the 
general breed of the country. The rams are estimated as 
being worth from £18 to £20 each. They are a small mixed 
breed, and would not, perhaps, be much esteemed in this 
country, except for their wool, which is fine. 
The infirmary for dogs is spacious. The animals are placed 
in iron cages, ranged on either side of the building ; and 
there is a separate one for rabid dogs. We saw’ several that 
were the subjects of experiment w ith this disease ; these being 
instituted by the director of the school, M. Renault. 
We next visited the Museum. This includes many 
rooms, communicating with each other. The first was de- 
voted to the skeletons of the different domesticated animals. 
The second , to diseased and fractured bones. The third , to 
calculous concretions, urinary, intestinal, and others. In it 
were also specimens of impregnation of the womb at different 
periods, with preparations of the nerves, and of the blood- 
