COMMUNICATION FROM MR. DADD. 501 
ence to myself, and presuming that you will allow me the 
privilege of offering a few remarks by way of explanation, I 
embrace the earliest opportunity of so doing. 
At the commencement of your article the reader is in- 
formed that you have noticed with commendation the 
American Veterinary Journal , and hail it as a good omen, 
&c. * * * “ Judge our disappointment, not unmingled 
with disgust, at receiving from America a packet of hand- 
bills, of which the following is a copy.” Here follows the 
handbill. 
For your commendatory notice of the journal, the Editor 
tenders his heartfelt thanks, and he shall always strive 
to make it an exponent and advocate of veterinary science ; 
it has, however, to be conducted in a manner that shall be 
acceptable to the comprehension of husbandmen , as there are 
not a sufficient number of veterinary surgeons to support 
such an enterprise. 
From the phraseology of your remarks, I infer that the 
packet of handbills was unaccompanied either by note or 
message, so that the sender is non est inventus. Should this 
prove to be the case, then I think I know the man, and 
contend that he is a contemptible coward, and nothing, save 
envy, ever tempted him, a professional man , to be guilty 
of such meanness. It was a cowardly act, for no good or 
brave man ever seeks to elevate himself by pulling others 
down. It w'as a mean act, because public opinion in this 
country differs very much from that of the Old World in 
relation to the preparation of horse medicines. llere i it is 
needed ; there , you need it not. 
Gentlemen, you have feared the worst. In the year 1847, 
at the earnest solicitation of several very influential husband- 
men and gentlemen interested in the welfare of the inferior 
orders of creation, I engaged in the manufacture of articles 
as per handbill, and they are still prepared under my advice ; 
and so soon as a respectable number of legitim.ate prac- 
titioners make their appearance, or my own convictions 
assure me that I am doing wrong, I will immediately 
abandon the business. Had I engaged in such an enter- 
prise in the city of London — its inhabitants rejoicing in 
being in possession of one of the best veterinary colleges in 
the W'orld, accessible to all wdio knock at the door of science, 
and where can be found a host of highly educated veterinary 
surgeons w hose services can at all times be secured — then, I 
should deserve censure. But, located on this side of the 
Atlantic, I ask, Where are our veterinary universities? and 
echo answers, Where ? Are the Americans blessed w T ith the 
