

PREFACE. 



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 xN sending forth a Work of this kind, I feel it incumbent upon me 

 to explain some of the motives which have induced me to lay before 

 the Public, what I am very sensible has but little claim to novelty} 

 and still less to the merit of discovery, in the Veterinary Art, i>J>.r. ^ 

 But, in consequence of the appointment which I hold under the 

 Dublin Society, as their Veterinary Professor, I long ago discovered 

 that a Publication of some sort was expected from me, by many of 

 the most enlightened Members of that Institution, who had done me 

 the honor of attending my lectures, and who were pleased to consi- 

 der me capable of contributi ng somewhat, to the common stock of 

 Veterinary knowledge. . ui.i />//< hj ixkh n/^Mv. ■y^iusrimM-ij-) 



■ The bpinionsof private individua;ls, therefore; being superinduced 

 to the claims of public duty, I determined, as soon as facts and ex- 

 perience should have matured my judgment, to comply with the 

 wishes of my friends, ^.■'* ^^^^^ '^' inovp.'*»M»'> n« .Wrnr* '^•m.f.-' nrh vA 



Nevertheless, I bad to encounter no small difficulty whilst I was 

 casting in my mind the choice of my subject-matter^ which presented, 

 on all sides, a aeries of obstaclesl"'' ' ' '• '■■ ' ' ' '' uv ; -i^^i Juyijy- : 



