128 A COMMUNICATION FROM C. DICKENS, M.R.C.V.S. 
and the practitioner’s reference. Mr. Harry Daws, in allu- 
sion to his memory, feelingly writes, “ Peace to his manes , 39 
a sentiment which I am sure will call forth the unanimous 
response of the whole profession. 
A laudable spirit has of late years sprung up, of paying 
some lasting tokens of regard to those distinguished members 
who have fagged hard in our common cause ; and perhaps, 
some such may have been in anticipation for our departed 
friend ; but the fell, tyrant Death had executed his com- 
mission ere the opportune period arrived. Still I cannot 
conceive that anything would have cheered him more on 
his way while living, or have proved a greater solace in his de- 
clining days, or be a more grateful tribute to his memory, 
than that a portion of his friends, at least, should rally 
round the Veterinarian , “ his pet,” and supply it with mental 
food of a good and nutritious kind, so as to keep it in excel- 
lent health, and if possible, in better “going” order than 
even when piloted by himself. Its direction, however, has 
been transferred to your hands ; and you have already given 
good earnest of your Editorial capacities. If you receive 
such assistance from without as you deserve, I shall be 
disappointed if the readers of our Journal have not much 
pleasure “looming in the distance.” 
A writer in the last number rejoices in the return of old 
contributors. May they increase ! Tor you may depend 
upon it that the report of important cases from men of high 
standing and sterling worth are far more welcome to the 
majority of your readers than continued disputes upon the 
respective merits of “ Homoeopathic or Allopathic systems ;” 
for with all due respect to their earnest, and I am bounden 
to believe sincere, advocates, I would submit that that prac- 
titioner of veterinary medicine will best succeed who follows 
out the answer given by the painter, who when questioned 
as to the richness and durability of his colours, said that he 
who compounds his colours with brains, and exhibits them 
with tact and discretion, will be most successful. 
But alas ! time w’orks changes. Many a valued friend 
has been beckoned from our crowd with whom we shall 
never again hold converse except through the pages of our 
journals ; for thanks to the enlightened age we live in, and 
to an unrestricted press, we are allowed to receive benefit 
even from the labours of the dead ; a privilege the senior 
veterinarian, even of the present day, had not in early life. 
Some there are, perhaps, who will say that increased repu- 
tation and full employment have such claims as not to leave 
time even for the report of an occasional case, though it be 
