ON CHLOEOFORMINa HORSES. 225 



What a disgrace it is to France, and especially to lier 

 brave army, that while every cavalry soldier who dis- 

 tinguishes himself in action, covered with medals and 

 "glory," may proudly end his days in the Hotel des 

 Invalides, — the horse that carried him in all his brilliant 

 charges, &c., when he is worn out and unfit for service, is 

 liable to be led into an arena in the heart of "The 

 Empire," to be, before the public, not honoured nor 

 rewarded, but, inch by inch, and bit by bit, to be dis- 

 sected alive, until by the last sigh from his lungs, and by 

 the last pulsation from his heart, he ends his account with 

 his inconsiderate, ungenerous, and ungrateful country ! 



The English veterinary surgeons of the present day 

 are so far superior to those of the last generation — they 

 are so willing and so proud to follow in their important 

 vocation whatever new discoveries may be humanely and 

 successfully practised in our public hospitals, that if 

 our Sovereign, the Commander-in-Chief of our army, 

 our noblemen, sportsmen, and men of education, cha- 

 racter, and wealth, would but combine together in deter- 

 mining to require that chloroform shall invariably be 

 administered to their creatures " for everything that gives 

 pain," the " fashion " would quickly be followed, even by 

 the most unreflecting portion of our community ; and 

 England, "great, glorious, and free," would then stand 

 distinguished in the world, not only for the strength, 



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