FOREIGN VETERINARY SCHOOLS. 
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The year is divided into two sessions, the one from the be¬ 
ginning of October to the beginning of March ; the other from 
the beginning of April to the beginning of August. The classes 
proceed according to an established system, of which I send you 
a copy*. From that you will perceive that instruction is regu¬ 
larly given in zoology, anatomy, physiology, natural philosophy, 
chemistry and pharmacy, pathology and therapeutics, delivery, 
judicial and political veterinary surgery, horse-shoeing, and 
botany. The students are, moreover, instructed in drawing, and 
several of the modern languages. The professor in the practical 
part of the science and the operating surgeon visit the stables 
every morning, accompanied by the eldest students; and all the 
students have daily an opportunity of exercising themselves in 
practical anatomy. 
The diseased or distempered animals are all placed under the 
care of the eldest students, who are required to keep an account 
of the various cases, together with their treatment, and to send 
in a regular report after the issue of the sickness. Such animals 
as require to be under the immediate care of the surgeon are 
received into the stables; and no other charges are made than for 
forage and medicines at prime cost. 
There are also several stallions kept at the institution for the 
improvement of the breed of horses, of which the farmers may 
avail themselves without any expense. 
The students may be divided into three classes: the first consists 
of such as are educated entirely at the expense of the agricultural 
fund, and who are chosen from the various provinces after a com¬ 
parative trial of candidates. Each province has the right of send¬ 
ing one, two, or three students, according to its extent, and the 
amount of its contribution to the funds. 
The second class consists of such as themselves defray the 
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expenses of their education. These pav yearly into the funds 
400 guilders; and these are the most numerous class. The 
third class consists of such as are sent by the war department, 
in order to be educated as veterinary surgeons for the cavalry: 
these are also chosen by comparative trial, and the expenses of 
their education are defrayed from the public treasury. 
The students are required to provide themselves with certain 
articles of clothing, but all wear a particular uniform which is 
provided for them at the expense of the college: they all reside 
within the building, eat at one table, and are required to be sub¬ 
ject to all the domestic regulations. 
The shortest period of attendance at the college previous to 
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Which shall he given in a future number. 
