so he has laid the foundation of what bids to become a great Veterinary 
movement in Liverpool. He showed how the recent calamities in Mauritius 
might have been averted by a little more knowledge on the part of the 
Veterinary Inspectors, and how had we systematically trained our Veterinary 
Officers in the tropical diseases of animals, as we are now doing in the case 
of our Medical Officers, the immense loss of money on that occasion would 
not have occurred. 
He urged us, therefore, to found a school of Veterinary Research, 
and we have done so, and those citizens who are concerned in the commerce 
of animals have come forward just as the West African merchants have 
done in Tropical Medicine, and are liberally subscribing to, and helping 
forward, the movement ; they have, in Nocard's words, realized that men 
of science are their most precious allies. 
In another direction Nocard also did a great service to us, he 
brought us most friendly greetings from the Pasteur Institute, and he laid 
the foundation of what we feel sure will be a lasting friendship between 
ourselves and the most illustrious of Institutes devoted to Medical Research 
that the world has ever seen. 
R. B. 
c. s. s. 
