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adopiion of his plan ; and if so fJiowevcr Kroiig he 

 may hej, it amounts at most only to an error in 

 judgment; but candour itself must acknowledge 

 that lie can avail himself of this plea wo farther ; 

 and every liberal mind will ask, b}' what autho- 

 rity, upon what grounds, he charges a whole 

 body of men (the Army Veterinary Surgeons) with 

 being apostates to their creed, as professing one 

 j^liing, and practising another. The sanction of 

 Mr. Goodwin, a Veterinary Surgeon, regular It/ edu- 

 cated, may, for a moment, give a colour of plau- 

 ^ability to this bold assertion ; but I believe it 

 would be difficult for Captain Blagrave to pro- 

 duce such ^ijpther instance of professional pro- 

 stitution AS this person has furnished him with, at 

 least I hope so. Unfortunately there are men in 

 ^11 ranks, who, for the sake of the profit novelty 

 are ever certain of producing in the metropolis, that 

 will sanction with their ncimes, what their judg- 

 nieiits must condemn, otjierwise we should not 

 have tolan>ent the late enormous increase of quacks, 

 both ill religion and politics, as well as in medi- 

 cine, in opposition to the most established truths. 

 This, indeed, is the only ciiaritable mode of ac- 

 counting Ibr our finding the name of a regular 

 professional man, joined with Captain Blagrave's, 

 in such a plan ; for 1 w ill not pay so ill a pompli- 

 jiient tQ this person's miderstanding, as to believe 

 for a moment that he places the least faith in tlie 

 doctrines to which he has sold his name ; on tlie 

 i.^ontrary, he cannot but hnow (froni his professional 



