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the public should also be admitted free of any charge. Such a course, 
he considered, would tend to give the public a more enlarged view 
of the usefulness of our profession, and be the means of forcing 
ignorant pretenders to obtain that kind of instruction which will 
tend not only to benefit the public, but likewise themselves. If 
ever he should be wanted to accomplish such an undertaking, he 
should be most happy, on his part, to render all due assistance. 
So long as their vessel swam clear and fairly he would assist its 
progress; but otherwise he would not do so. For the honour 
they had thought fit to bestow upon him and other authors on 
veterinary subjects, he begged to return his most sincere thanks. 
Mr. Dick then rose to propose a toast which he could have 
wished had fallen into better hands ; but when his friends knew 
the subject of his observation, he should have less hesitation, par- 
ticularly when he named a gentleman who had long had the charge 
of the veterinary department of the army. He had known him long 
by name, although his personal acquaintance with him had been 
short. The gentleman he alluded to had, by his writings, done 
much to elevate the standard of veterinary science to the position 
it then held. It was unnecessary to say more in his praise. He 
was known to all the meeting ; and he should, therefore, content 
himself with proposing “ The health of Mr. Cherry.” 
The toast being drunk, 
Mr. Cherry rose to return thanks. He was, he confessed, 
taken by surprise, and had so much to say that he felt some dif- 
ficulty where to begin and where to end. He was grateful to 
Professor Dick for alluding to him in the way he had done. He 
had, in a manner, lived apart from the profession for many years, 
as many things had occurred which he had disapproved. He 
had succeeded to the appointment he now held with the nature of 
it as much unorganized as at the period of its formation. He had 
been instrumental in annulling contracts between the public and 
the then Professor of the Veterinary College, of a nature most 
injurious to the profession, and in which no man had a greater 
stake than himself. His course had been a steady one, keeping 
the interests of the profession constantly in view. 
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