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scarcely done justice to my subject. To the former, I ■5\ould say 

 that the importance of the subject, the conflicting statements respect- 

 ing diseases, and the entire silence of the veterinary practitioner, are 

 my excuse. And to the latter, I would hint the impossibility of com- 

 pressing, into a single address, matter enough to fill a volume. For 

 many of my observations, I have consulted approved authorities. 

 ' But valuable observations, Hke truth, suffer nothing by transplant- 

 ing ; and I am pleased to have an opportunity to make them more 

 extensively known. Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind attention 

 you have given me ; and hoping to have the pleasure of meeting you 

 again, I respectfully take my leave. 



