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metaliurgic chemistry/. These young men, who ^^^'^* 
appeared to be generally about eighteen or ^ ■ v > 
twenty years of age, or upwards, wore the 
uniform of the Mines. Some of them were of Y°^f°7"«»' 
^ *^ the Mines. 
noble families; but the same uniform, desig- 
nating an officer of the mines, is worn by all 
the students, from the prince to the son of a 
peasant. It consists of a jacket of grey cloth, 
with gold epaulets ; black pantaloons ; a girdle 
of black leather, with a gold clasp in front ; and 
a short black leather apron, which is the most 
singular part of the dress, as it is not worn as 
an apron in front, but hangs behind. In this 
uniform they are considered as being properly 
clad, even to go to Court, if it were necessary ; 
wearing it at the public balls and assemblies : 
and the same dress was worn, upon all public 
occasions, by the two brothers of the Emperor, 
during the 'time they remained in Schemnitz. 
May 15. — As we desired to accompany their 
Highnesses during their descent into the mines, 
and as they were not expected before ihe evening 
of the next day, we hastened to Cremnitz, 
that we might avail ourselves of the interval 
before their arrival to visit the works at that 
place. The road to Cremnitz lies nearly due Road to 
novth. oi Schem7iitz. It, passes through forests, 
