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not what he approved. Do your duty, and it will be sure to bring 
you through in the long run. 
For the honour they had done him he begged to tender them his 
best thanks. 
Mr. Sewell rose to propose, “ Prosperity to foreign Schools 
and in alluding to foreign schools he observed, that that of Alfort 
was a most extensive one ; yet he confessed that he had been 
better pleased with those in Germany, among which he gave 
the preference to those of Prussia. Still he was inclined to be- 
lieve the English practice to be superior to any of them. The prac- 
tice of the foreign schools was good in many respects, although 
their remedies were widely different from our own. In their 
schools the highly stimulating plan of firing was very extensively 
used. For twenty years he had been opposed to that practice, 
and he should still remain so. He trusted that he should see the 
milder method take the place of the stimulating practice of firing 
and blistering. In his practice during twenty years he had hardly 
fired twenty horses, and he hoped he should live to see the day 
when firing would be altogether discontinued. In an occasional 
visit to the Continent much that was useful would be seen. 
Regular studs were attached to many of these schools. That system 
could not be carried out in this country, for it would do great in- 
jury to agriculture. He considered that it would be useful for 
this society to go hand in hand with the Royal Agricultural So- 
ciety, and carry out their views in the treatment of the diseases of 
cattle, sheep, and other animals. Since the decease of the late 
Professor, this branch of the subject had been taken up by Messrs. 
Simonds and Spooner, who had been lecturing upon the anatomy 
and diseases of these animals. As regarded the foreign schools, 
the Professor remarked that he gave the preference to our own. 
There was this difference between our schools and those of other 
countries: — they were there supported by their respective govern- 
ments; here they were carried on by popular subscription. In 
this country the College had been formed by a few individuals, 
namely, Messrs. Granville Penn, and two others. With the ex- 
ception of one occasion, they had not required to apply to govern- 
ment for assistance. When they had first begun to teach they 
