A VISIT TO MY UNCLE. 
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1 have not been able at this time to get the act of parliament, 
but I have sent you the schedule required to be returned by 
every person supposed liable to serve on juries, with columns 
for those persons who can claim exemption. The words all 
surgeons will likely be found in the 6th Geo. IV, chap. 22, and 
7th Geo. IV, chap. 8. And if you think it will be of use to 
any member of the profession, or save any trouble or expense 
in getting a bill for that purpose, you may give it a place in 
The Veterinarian. 
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant. 
Dalkeith, 14th July, 1851. 
P.S. — Before the time of making my claim for exemption, I 
had been called on frequently twice in a year. I am not aware 
how you are summoned in England, but forty-five is the number 
here required, however paltry the case may be, out of which 
fifteen are chosen. Sometimes there may be two or three trials 
in a day ; sometimes one trial lasts two or three days. 
*** We should imagine our worthy correspondent can hardly 
have perused the last Number of The VETERINARIAN. — 
Ed. Vet. 
A VISIT TO MY UNCLE. 
Dear Mr. Editor, — Although 1 feel as strongly as you can 
do on the subject of anonymous communications, particularly 
when they exhibit any tendency or reference towards personality, 
yet, for all that, am I glad to find you have not come to the con- 
clusion of shutting them out altogether from your Journal. 
Agreeing with your old and sensible adviser on this subject, I 
am of opinion that there are gentlemen, and professional men 
too, who occasionally feel inclined to send you contributions, 
perhaps more of a general than of a scientific nature, but who 
would refuse to do so could they not exhibit their communica- 
tions under some nom de guerre or assumed cognomen. I myself 
profess to be of this class, and trust, having made this confession, 
you will, after you have perused this letter, see no reason for 
its non-admission into The VETERINARIAN. Its contents may 
not prove strictly technical; but, should they convey some useful 
and entertaining knowledge about horses, their purpose will have 
been answered. 
My uncle, a hale octogenarian, reckoning, come his next birth- 
day, four score years and three, in full possession of his never- 
