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horse, he says, is proud, impetuous, and fiery: the ass, on the 
contrary, is humble, patient, and contented with scanty and coarse 
fare that other cattle reject. He bears with patience and fortitude 
the most oppressive treatment. 
In Arabia and Persia, instead of being neglected and despised, 
great care is taken to cultivate the breed by crosses of the best 
specimens. Charlin says that the asses of Arabia are perhaps the 
handsomest in the world : their coat is smooth and clean — they cany 
the head elevated, and have fine and well formed legs, which 
they throw out gracefully in walking or gallopping. They are 
used only for the saddle, and are imported in vast numbers in 
Persia, where they are sold again to the noblest men. 
A Curious Discovery respecting Professor Coleman. 
“ An important discovery has lately been made at Gravesend 
in the recovery of drowned persons, the particulars of which will 
immediately be laid before the Humane Society. And a very sin- 
gular circumstance attended this discovery. Mr. Kite, surgeon, 
and Mr. Coleman, a young gentleman who chanced to be on a 
visit at his house, each claim the merit, and have expressed their 
determination to present separate papers to the Society for obtain- 
ing the medals .” — The Imperial Magazine for September 1789. 
%* Mr. Kite was a surgeon at Gravesend, to whom Mr. Coleman served 
his time (of apprenticeship). The “ discovery” no doubt has a reference to 
the subject on which the late Professor Coleman, while in practice as a surgeon, 
wrote a work entitled an Essay on Suspended Respiration. — Ed. Vet. 
Royal Agricultural Society. 
On Cattle Diseases . 
At the monthly Meeting of December 2d, Mr. Fisher Hobbs 
gave notice, that at the next monthly Council he should move the 
following resolutions : viz. 
1. That the grant of £200 given by the Society annually to the 
Royal Veterinary College be reduced to £100 per annum. 
2. That a prize of £50 be offered by the Society for the best 
Essay on Pleuro-pneumonia. 
3. That a prize of £50 be offered by the Society for the best 
Essay on the general Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs. 
