276 TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR SIMONDS. 
presentation took place in the theatre, on the evening of the 
10th of April; the president of the Royal College of Veteri- 
nary Surgeons, the professors, and their friends, and likewise 
the whole class of pupils being present. 
The testimonial, which consisted of a very handsome silver 
tea and coffee service, bore the following inscription : 
PRESENTED TO 
JAMES BEART SIMONDS, Esq., 
PROFESSOR OF CATTLE PATHOLOGY, 
BY THE 
STUDENTS OE THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
Session 1855-6, 
AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND ESTEEM, 
April 10th, 1856. 
Mr. Shaw occupied the chair, and in presenting the testi- 
monial spoke as follows : 
Gentlemen, — I am not going to encroach on your atten- 
tion with expressions of diffidence, or modest professions of 
inadequacy to fulfil the duty that so honorably has devolved 
upon me this evening. 
‘‘You all know T that I am no orator, and indeed, though the 
quality of good speaking is a precious one, it would only to 
a limited extent increase the interest attaching to the object 
that has brought us here together on this occasion. 
“ We are all sensible of the numerous advantages conferred 
on us by the unremitting zeal and activity, and the talents 
brought to bear by Professor Simonds in his capacity as one 
of our teachers ; and it is therefore with all sincerity and 
confidence, that I assure you, sir, on the behalf of my fellow T - 
students, that they all feel lastingly indebted to you, and 
heartily join w ith me in wishing you a long, long life of 
health and happiness ; also that in enjoying the many privi- 
leges inseparable from your high station and calling, you may 
continue to devote your attention to the good of our pro- 
fession, and that to all of us may be spared one w ho has 
manifested so much concern for our present intellectual im- 
provement and for our future w elfare. 
(( I am sure, gentlemen, you will spare me the needless 
trouble of attempting to show 7 the importance to us of that 
which interests and occupies the attention of Professor 
Simonds. You must be aw r are in what high estimation he is 
held by many men of learning, as w-ell as by that noble body 
of gentlemen constituting the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England, with whom the professional opinion of Mr. Simonds 
is invariably decisive and acted upon. Professor Simonds, in 
