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and the otherwise cruel treatment experienced by it at the hands 

 of smiths in general. 



Among Mr. Clark's published works should be enumerated, first, 

 his papers published in our ' Transactions ,' consisting of 1. 

 " Observations on the Genus (Estrus" which was read Novem- 

 ber 1st, 1796, and published in the third volume of the ' Linnean 

 Transactions.' 2. " Of the Insect called Oistros by the Ancients, 

 and of the true Species intended by them under this appellation ; 

 in reply to the Observations of W. S. Macleay, Esq., and the 

 French Naturalists : to which is added a Description of a new 

 Species of Cuterebra" {Ibid. vol. xv. pp. 402-111) ; and 3. "An 

 Appendix or Supplement to a Treatise on the (Estri and Cuterebrce 

 of various Animals" {Ibid. vol. xix. pp. 81-91 ; and Proc. Lin. 

 Soc. vol. i. pp. 99-100). The "Observations on the Grenus 

 (Estrus " were republished in an amplified form, in 1815, under the 

 title of ' Essay on (EstrV 



Mr. Clark's first appearance as an author, however, was in the 

 ' Gentleman's Magazine, ' where he gave " A short Account of 

 the celebrated Race-horse Eclipse, " which was written in so lively 

 and pleasing a style as to attract considerable attention. 



Amoug his numerous other works may be mentioned his elaborate 

 treatise on the ' True Structure and Economy of the Horse's Eoot ;' 

 his ' History of the Veterinary Art ; ' a * Treatise on the Bits of 

 Horses ; ' and a ' Memoir on the Yices of Horses ;' an ' Essay 

 on the Knowledge of the Ancients respecting the Art of Shoeing the 

 Horse ;' all of which, to borrow the words of his biographer in 

 the ' Edinburgh Veterinary Review,' " testify to his untiring per- 

 severance, devotion to veterinary science, and his profound know- 

 ledge of the subject." 



To conclude in the words of the same writer, who is far better 

 entitled than I am to express an opinion, " Eew men have had the 

 privilege of working or writing in true earnest for the length of 

 time that Bracy Clark laboured in the cause of veterinary science. 

 The progress in the purely scientific department of that profession 

 in this country during the last seventy years has been due almost 

 entirely to Bracy Clark. The reputation of British veterinarians 

 on the Continent is mainly attributable to his efforts." 



William Hervry Mtlon, M.D., V.R.S., F.G.S., died on the 13th 

 May, L861, at the advanced age of 82. Though never a contributor 

 to our ' Transactions,' no man was better known or more warmly 

 esteemed than Dr. Fitton in all scientific circles. Justly eminent 

 nmong geologists, he uiiiy be regarded as one of the earliest and 



