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{chools ‘were to be ereéted, at Touloufe, 
and at Rennes; but they are not yet or- 
ganifed. The great {chool at Chalons, 
will probably be transferred to Paris after 
the conclufion of peace. 6. The fchool of 
fortification (Ecole des ingenieurs mili- 
taires), with which the {bool for teaching 
the art of mining or fapjing nas been 
united, is at Metz. ‘Ihe number of 
pupils is limited to 20, and they mutt 
all be KleSted from the ftudents of the po- 
lytechnic fchool. If, on examination, 
they are found properly qualified and ad- 
mitted, they immediately are raifed to the 
rank of {econd-lieutenant, and receive pay 
accordingly. This fchool is under the 
fuperintendance of a general, and two 
chiefs of brigade. 7. Three marine 
febools are eftablifhed, at Breft, Toulon, 
and Rochefort. The pupils are admittec, 
after a previous examination as to their 
knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geo- 
metry, ftatics, and navigation. Concern- 
ing the profeftore and the plan of inftruc- 
tion in thefe {chools, Mr. B. could acquire 
no information. Agreeably to the law,a 
corvette fhould be annually fitted out for 
the practical inftruGion of the pupils: 
perhaps, the war prevents this plan from 
being carried into execution. 8. The 
fchools of navigation are inftituted for 
forming good pilots and navigators, and 
in(truting officers of the navy, and thofe 
belonging to merchants-fhips, in mathe- 
matics and hydrography. Thefe {chools 
have remained in the {ame ftate as before 
the revolution: only it has been decreed, 
th-t two new ones fhould be inftituted, at 
Morlaix, and at Arles. 
LETTER Vil. Of the sCHOoLs for the 
ART of HEALING, and for the BELLES- 
LETTERS; and of the COLLEGE DE 
FRANCE. 
The fchaol of medicize (Ecole de medi- 
cine, or de fanté,) poffefies beautiful and 
large collections of anatomical prepara- 
tions, and chirurgical inftruments, a large 
library, a magnificent amphitheatre, and 
a beautiful chemical laboratory. To teach 
the different branches of medicine, 20 
profeffors are appointed, two fér each 
branch. ‘There its likewife a defener and 
a modeller in wax. A magnificent hall is 
building for the Nbrary. The itudents 
are reckoned to amount to from reco to 
¥200.~-The apothecaries of Paris had al- 
ready in 1777 formed ,themfelves into 
a college, which received the fanétion of 
the law. They have a Jaboratory and 
a botanic garden, where public inftruétion 
is given in chemiftry, pharmacy, and na- 
Abfivatt of Profeffor Buggé’s Fourney ta Paris. 
[Jane 1, 
tural hiftory; and the moft diligent fiudents 
receive prizes annually, at the clofe of the 
le&tures. In the 5th year of the republic, 
this inftitution was confirmed under the 
name of the free fcboal of Pharmacy. 
The free pharmaceutical fociety conlilts of 
12zordinary, and 52 correfponding mem- 
bers ; and publifhes a Journal ef Pharmacy. 
In the military bafpital of infiru€iion, halk- 
yearly courfes of chemical lectures areread. 
In the middle of Auguft the ftudents are 
examined, thole who have made the greateft 
progre(s arerewarded with honorary prizes. 
—The zational fchool of architeéture has 
a profeffor of geometry, anda profefior of 
architecture. The Collgge de France 1s 
almoft the only eftablithment.for_ public 
inftruction, which has not been changed 
in confequence of the revolution.—La- 
lande is infpeétor, and at the fame time 
profeflor of aftronomy. 
mathematical and many of the medical 
fciences, chemiftry, natural-hiftory, po- 
litics, ethics, the ancient and oriental lan- 
guages, .poetry, and French literature, 
are taught by men of the greateft merit 
and celebrity. The number of profeffors 
is 17, befides the inipeétor. At the 
opening of the courfe of lectures, there 
is annually a folemn meeting, in which fe- 
veral of the profeflurs pronounce orations. 
LETTER vill. Of the NATIONAL 
MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY. 
It was formerly called the Fardin du 
Roi; and confifts of a botanic garden, a 
theatre and library for natural hiftory, 
a menagery of liying animals, and an am- 
phitheatre, where the le@ures are read. 
The botanic garden is 320 toifes long, 
and 110 broad ; an excellent new forcing- 
houfe and orangery are nearly finifhied. 
This garden is very rich in exotic plants 
ard trees, and the botanic gardens of the 
central fchools are fupplied from it ; and 
the farmer may here receive plants that 
are ufeful in rpral economy or in manu- 
fatures, and the poer patient medicinal 
herbs. The theatre for natural bifiory 
contains, in four large apartments, fifhes, 
birds, conchylia, infeéts, minerals, and 
{pecimens of the different kinds of ftone, . 
arranged in cafes with glafs.doors. A 
feparate apartment is allotted for vegeta- 
_bles, and {pecimens of the different kinds 
of trees ; and here Tournefort’s herbarium 
is preferved. Le Vaillant has tran{mitted 
a part of his birds to the mufeum; but 
fome folks of credibility affert, that he re- 
tained the beft-and rareft for himfelf. Mr. 
B. faw here again the rare articles which 
he had feen tweaty-one years before in the 
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