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facts of importance connected with the profession. This 
would serve for a topic of conversation afterwards, and pro- 
bably elicit from one and another observations of no little 
worth. We would not, however, have these meetings clogged 
with the formality of a debate. By soine such expedient as 
this being adopted, it might be hoped that a greater number 
of our professional brethren would be induced to come amongst 
us, thus giving to us both encouragement and support. It 
may be that he who first essayed the performance of this task 
would do so with some apprehensions. Yet why? The act 
itself would disarm all criticism, and could not fail to be met 
with feelings of grateful approval. The difficulty only would 
be, what subject to select so that all present may feel some 
interest therein. Nor need the author be confined to the 
veterinary profession, although it would be only consistent 
that one from that body should take the lead. And surely 
there are those among us who are not only equal to the duty, 
but solicitous to be called upon to perform it ; or should any 
hesitation be evinced, then the president, for the time being, 
might be requested to introduce a subject, or to give the details 
of any unusual case or cases that may have occurred in his 
practice during the year ; an emergency which we can 
scarcely anticipate. 
W ere we again permitted to express any regret and dis- 
appointment connected with the past meeting, it would be 
only in reference to what has been already adverted to, — 
namely, the fewness of the members of our profession present, 
as compared with those of the sister profession. For more 
reasons than one, we are sorry that this should have occurred. 
We have always maintained that an intimacy with the other 
profession is most advantageous to us ; and that by it we are 
helped onwards, and, at the same time, held in higher esti- 
mation by the public. Nor have we ever witnessed any 
backwardness on the part of those whose support we are 
thus desirous of obtaining. Why, then, this indifference, to 
say the least of it, which exists on the part of the veterinary 
profession to associate together upon such occasions as those 
lately offered ? 
