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CASTRATION IN INDIA. 
nor would it be an easy matter to explain to non-professional 
men the different ways in which such cases would operate, as 
they can be only demonstrated by the laws of physiology and 
pathology. 
I have deemed it my duty respectfully to offer my profes- 
sional opinion upon the practice recommended, and should it 
still be the wish of His Excellency, the Commander-in-Chief, 
to try it, the operation shall be performed to the best of my 
ability, though I must repeat, if ithas no other ill effect, it must 
at least have that of putting the horse to the most excrucia- 
ting and needless torture without any corresponding result, 
for Major Tapp is wrong in supposing that the preparations 
he refers to are absolutely necessary. Precautionary measures 
are certainly merely taken when time and opportunity 
present, but they are by no means indispensable. On the 
line of march, horses are frequently castrated without any 
' preparation, and march on with the regiment the next day. 
1 have the honour, &c., 
(Signed) J. H. B. Hallen, 
Veterinary Surgeon, 1st Lancers. 
To the Adjutant, 1st Lancers, Neemuch. 
No. 530 of 1854. 
To the Officer Commanding , 1st Regiment Light Cavalry [Lancers), 
Neemuch . 
Neemuch, June 5, 1854. 
Sir, — I am directed b}^ the Lieutenant-Colonel Command- 
ing, to transmit annexed transcript of letter No. 2476, under 
date the 25th ultimo, from the Adjutant-General of the 
Army, for your information. 
I have the honour, &c., 
(Signed) G. A. Leckie, Captain, 
Line Adjutant. 
No. 2476. 
From Lieutenant-Colonel H. Hancock, Adjutant- General of the 
Army , to Lieutenant- Colonel E. Green, C.B., Commanding 
Ragpootana Field Force , Neemuch . 
Sir, — Having submitted to the Commander-in-Chief your 
letter, 315, of the 15th instant, with accompaniments, I am 
