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OBITUARY. 
was Mr. Feurety, who was well known to the English students 
resident at Alfort in 1863. 
“Haison Alfort, Bee. 1 (5 a.m.). 
“ To sleep is simply impossible. Fort Charenton is making a 
dreadful row. The cold is intense, the gutters are frozen, and the 
rats are squeaking and scrimmaging in fine style under the floor of 
the billiard-room. This cq/e was of some importance before war was 
declared ; it was decorated with mirrors, which have been removed, 
thus leaving exposed to view the bare unpapered walls. My seven 
companions are stretched on mattresses, more or less bloody, on the 
benches, and on the floor. None of my friends have died of the 
cold, if snoring be a sign of life. The nasal concert holds its own 
against the guns of Fort Charenton. Exactly opposite to the cafe 
is the entrance gate of the celebrated ‘ Imperial Veterinary School/ 
The word ‘ Imperial’ has been daubed over with yellow paint. 
Veterinary students have given place to about three hundred small- 
pox patients ; so you must excuse my visiting V Ecole Imperiale Vete- 
rinaire. Everything looks gloomy. I wish that my friends would 
stop snoring for a few minutes, as then Fort Charenton might pos- 
sibly awaken them. At last the drivers, who have slept with their 
horses, arrive to say that the waggons are ready. Mattresses are 
carried out ; the landlady prepares hot wine and cuts some slices 
of bread. We are about to start. I must continue my letter this 
evening/’ 
OBITUARY. 
William Field, M.R.C.V.S., of Secondfield, Yorkshire. His 
diploma bears date April 29, 1862. 
Robert Duguid, M.R.C.V.S., of Udney, Aberdeenshire. His 
diploma bears date April 29, 1867. 
Edward C. Collins, M.R.C.V.S., of the E.I.C., Madras. His 
diploma bears date Feb. 11, 1830. 
Edmund C. Crowley, M.R.C.V.S., of the E.I.C., Madras. His 
diploma bears date May 15, 1845. 
Daniel Cullimore, M.R.C.V.S., of the E.I.C., Madras. His 
diploma bears date May 17, 1828. 
And Charles J. Dawson, M.R.C.V.S., of the E.I.C., Madras. 
His diploma bears date May 7, 1836. 
