tHE RIGHT HONOURABLE 



JLORB MEATHFIEJLB. 



MY LORD, 



Gratitude far the repeated favors 

 I have received at your Lordship's hands, would 

 alone sufficientlij induce me thus publickly to 

 acknowledge them ; but when I consider how greatly 

 the Veterinary Art is indebted to your generous 

 patronage, I feel an additional incentive to dedicate 

 to your Lordship these first fruits of my liiei'ary 

 labours. 



The annals of the Veterinary College testify, 



that your Lordship has ever stood foremost iJi excr* 



A 3 tiom 



