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to Alfort have extended themselves throughout Europe, and an 
attempt is now making to form one in America. He hoped that 
before many months he should hear that the attempt was suc- 
cessful. He would not now farther intrude, but propose “ The 
health of the Governors and Subscribers to the Royal Veterinary 
College.” 
The toast was drunk with all the honours; after which, Mr. 
King, sen., favoured the company with the song of a “ Southerly 
wind and a cloudy sky.” 
Mr. Vines here wished to make some observations upon what 
had fallen from Professor Sewell, but, at the request of the Chair- 
man, postponed them for a short time. 
Mr. Mayer then said, I rise Mr. President and Gentlemen, 
to propose the health of an individual who honours us with his 
presence this day at great sacrifice to himself, and whom we feel 
proud of seeing among us. He stands proudly and prominently 
as an example to the members of our profession, of what 
strong native talent can accomplish, guided by sound discretion 
and persevering energ}\ He has not only formed his own for- 
tunes but framed the fortunes of a school which has been thought 
worthy by The Highland Society of forming an appanage to that 
society ; a society, whether as regards its constituent members or 
its ramifiying influences throughout Scotland, and also England, 
that is not inferior even to the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England. I beg leave to give, Sir, “ The health of Professor 
Dick and the Edinburgh Veterinary College,” with honours. 
Justice having been done to the toast, 
Professor Dick rose to return thanks. He was not much, he 
said, accustomed to public speaking, and he never felt more dif- 
ficulty in expressing himself than at the present moment. It was 
always awkward to speak of oneself, and he felt it most particu- 
larly so then. He could assure the company that what had that 
day passed had suggested many good and pleasant things to his 
mind. When he was a young man, twenty-seven years ago, he 
was much inclined to get information on literary matters. At that 
time he had heard little of the Veterinary College, and, in fact, 
there were not at that time a dozen of veterinary surgeons in 
