VETERIXARY EDUCATION II 



perforce, are beasts of burden, and travellers must walk 

 and carry their own luggage. In China, because of the 

 enormous population, only the very rich can keep cattle 

 and horses. Where the population is not so dense, the 

 animal is freer, healthier and tougher, not stronger nor 

 more speedy, for a wild beast can always outrun a domesti- 

 cated animal. In the Orient, all animals that sweat only 

 from the tongue are considered unclean, while those that 

 sweat from the pores, including horse and man, are good 

 for daily food.' 



Is not that a rather heathenish distinction ? 



' The Bible speaks of " Jl7se men from the East," and 

 in all that pertains to mankind and animals the Orientals 

 have strict laws, founded on the closest practical observa- 

 tion, which have become an essential part of their 

 religion.' 



Then the fact that men sweat from their pores, as do 

 horses, makes the excuse in the cannibal's mind when 

 he regales himself on a particularly fat and toothsome 

 missionary ? 



'Ah, madam, I fear religion plays a small part in the 

 cannibal's peculiar appetite. He eats his enemies with 

 relish, his neighbours with the blackest hides ! Has not 

 the missionary, with his dainty white skin, a high courage 

 to put his tempting self within reach of their long arms, 

 much as he may wish to convert them to more civiUsed 

 dishes and ways ? ' 



He has indeed. But to return, do you find a creditable 

 amount of knowledge among the veterinarians in America ? 



' Until within a comparatively recent period, very few 

 have ever been out of America, unless imported from 

 Europe. They did not possess stables of their own, and 



