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John Smith, the defendant, was examined, who denied that 
he had warranted the cow, and stated that she belonged to a 
Mr. Carr. 
Mr. Carr proved that he had bought the cow the Thursday- 
before defendant sold her for 81. 5s. without any warranty ; 
that the cow was hearty with him. 
Joseph Shaw proved that he bred the cow, that he had sold 
her to Mr. Carr, and that she never ailed anything whilst 
with him, but that the cow was very poor. 
Mr. Drake , of Bradford, veterinary surgeon, was of opinion, 
from what he had heard, that the cow might have been 
delivered of the calves, and that .he thought the rupture 
spoken of by Mr. Yarley could not have existed for any 
length of time ; if so, the cow would have died ; it would 
have produced inflammation : thought it had only been done 
a few days before she died. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Brown. A person who understood 
his profession could not make a mistake as to the length 
of time the injury had been done. Witness is not a mem- 
ber of the College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Mr. Brown was about to reply on the defendant’s case, 
when 
The Judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff for 10 1. 5s. Ad- 
vocates’ fee and costs of witnesses allowed. 
Foreign Department. 
ON THE FUNCTIONS OF THE GUTTURAL POUCHES OF 
SOLIPEDES. 
Under this title M. Perosino, Professor at the Veterinary 
School of Turin, has made the readers of the Italian Vete- 
rinary Journal (Giornale di Veterinaria, See.), acquainted 
with the results of his experimental inquiries into the use of 
the guttural pouches in horses, which have led him to make 
the following propositions : — 
1. (Their epithelium being susceptible of vibration twenty- 
six hours after the death of the animal,) are they the means 
of protecting the function of hearing ? i. e , a simple modifi- 
cation of the Eustachian tube, rendered necessary by the 
rapidity of the pace, serving also to recruit the air within the 
inclosure of the tympanum, and to equalize the pressure of 
the column of air rushing upon its membrane through the 
