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MR. BARLOW’S ANSWER TO 
The London rule being to have four examinations per year, renders 
special examinations less requisite for this part of the kingdom ; 
but at the same time it must not be forgotten, that if men make 
their election as to which of two schools they choose to study at, 
they must be supposed to know what are the rules and regula- 
tions of each ; and therefore they must, by all the rules of custom 
abide by them : hence, as the custom at Edinburgh has always been 
to have but one examination per year, all pupils there ought to 
know that the being rejected at one examination is tantamount to 
being sent back for a year’s further study. How far two of these 
applicants have profited by this prolonged study is difficult to say, 
as they appear to have been thrice rejected. 
Now, can any one in his senses suppose that the Council would 
be justified in specially calling together the Board of Examiners 
for the purpose of such as these appearing before them 1 And I 
must say that, under such circumstances, it does not shew an over- 
burdening of good sense on the part of the applicants seeking 
for it. 
I have made these remarks, because I think that a statement of 
FACTS was requisite. I do so because, as having taken a very ac- 
tive part, I considered that in some measure I was bound to reply 
to false statements. 
I am, Sirs, 
Your obedient servant, 
W. Arthur Cherry, 
Member of the Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
August 15th, 1846. 
*** Any future letter from “ One of the injured Party” must 
appear in his own name. — EDIT. 
MR. BARLOW’S ANSWER TO MR. MAYHEW’S 
SECOND LETTER. 
Edinburgh Veterinary College, 
13th August, 1846. 
To the Editors of“ The Veterinarian 
Gentlemen, — I AM exceedingly sorry that Mr. May hew is so 
much hurt by the answer I sent to The VETERINARIAN. I did 
hope that the “ kindly feeling,” of which I gave assurance would 
have met with a different reception by him, and that 1 should have 
