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appears a tendency of the fatty tissue to remain separate from the 
muscle, in the improved long-horned breed, the fat mingling less 
with the lean than in any other of our native breeds. The Here- 
ford breed have also a similar tendency, but not nearly in so great 
a degree. In the Jersey breed of cattle, we have an example of 
accumulations of loose fat in the inside. This peculiarity is com- 
mon, more or less, to all good milching breeds, for they all turn out 
well when well fed, in the “ fifth quarter.” Some French and 
Spanish cattle, imported into Cornwall in the summer of 1842, 
when killed, shewed an immense accumulation of internal fat; 
they were also particularly lean and coarse-looking animals. In 
the improved Devons, the fat and muscle are generally well mixed ; 
while in the common coarse breed of the Devon kind we have 
plenty of inside tallow. The short-horns carry more inside fat in 
proportion to their size than the improved Devons ; they are also 
better milkers. From these examples we may safely infer that the 
better the milking qualities of the breed are, the more likely is 
that breed inclined to carry inside fat. 
THE VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER 1, 1844. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
THE VETERINARY PROFESSION— THE CHARTER. 
No. 1. 
Whitehall, July 10, 1844. 
Sir, — I AM directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to transmit 
to you the enclosed copies of two petitions, agreed to at a meeting 
of the Governors of and Subscribers to the Royal Veterinary 
College of London, holden on the 1st instant 
Sir James Graham is desirous of receiving any answer or 
statement which the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons may wish to make, especially with reference to the alle- 
gation that their Charter was obtained without the knowledge of 
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