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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
upon the mountains/’ which will never break. Then shall 
we go back to a worse period than that of the old days of 
farrieiy, never again to be placed in the position we now 
stand, since Science, through us, will have received her 
death-wound, and been proved of nothing worth to our Art. 
Oh ! let this not be ! Nor need it, since the facilities for the 
acquirement of knowledge are both many and great in this 
our day, and the aspirant has only to make a proper use of 
these means, effectually and for ever, to prevent its occurring. 
Possibly the facilities are greater now than ever before 
existed ; these consisting principally in books which are daily 
issuing from the press ; in scientific and other lectures 
delivered in almost every town, and in associations for intel- 
lectual improvement. These all furnish materiel for thought, 
which, being matured by reflection, will, if the mind be 
rightly constituted, manifest itself in contributing to the 
well-being, more especially, of that section of society where 
Providence has cast our lot ; whilst by extension the general 
good will be promoted. Let us be up, then, and doing, 
for truly it may be said that, 'Many are running to and fro, 
and knowledge is increasing. 5 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Department; Feb. nth , 1857. 
2d Dragoon Guards. — Veterinary Surgeon T. P. Gud- 
gin, from the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Veterinary Surgeon, 
vice Opie Smith, 2d Dragoons, who exchanges. 
Royal Artillery. — Veterinary Surgeon James Bren- 
nan has been permitted to resign his commission. 
Feb. 20th, 385 7 . 
Military Train. — To be Veterinary Surgeons: Vete- 
rinary Surgeons W. Gloag, from the 11th Hussars; W. 
Death, from the Land Transport Corps; W. Varley, from 
the Land Transport Corps ; J. J. Channon, from the Land 
Transport Corps ; T. Paton, from the Land Transport Corps ; 
J. Brown, from the Land Transport Corps ; G. Fleming, 
from the Land Transport Corps. 
Feb. 2m, 1857. 
Staff. — Veterinary Surgeon George Western has been 
permitted to resign his command. 
