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THE VETERINARIAN, SEPTEMBER 1, 1855. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
A VISIT TO THE VETERINARY SCHOOL AT ALEORT, 
NEAR PARIS. 
A favorable opportunity presenting itself, we availed 
ourselves of it, and devoted a day to inspect the Veterinary 
School at Alfort. From what we saw, we have since wished 
we had been able to repeat our visit. It will, therefore, at 
best be but a brief sketch of that institution we can give our 
readers. 
Alfort is a village about six miles from Paris, situated on 
the River Marne, which flows into the Seine, and near to 
which is the Fort de CJiarenton , one of the surrounding forts of 
Paris, constituting part of the outer fortifications of that 
city. 
The appearance of the Veterinary College, as seen after 
you have passed over the bridge, is noble and imposing. The 
buildings are large and numerous, and all enclosed, there 
being at the entrance iron gates, over which wave the 
national colours. 
The director’s house, at the time of our visit, was being 
taken down for the purpose of rebuilding, and with it other 
offices. All the professors have convenient residences within 
the walls. Our names having been given in at the lodge, 
we were soon afterwards introduced to Professor Magne, 
who very politely conducted us over the establishment. He 
regretted the temporary absence of several of his colleagues, 
who were engaged at Paris in a case of arbitration : a very 
general mode, as we were subsequently told, of settling 
horse-cases there. We were likewise informed that even 
when the matter is brought before a court of law, it is not 
uncommon for it to be referred to the professors of the 
School, the law-officers often confessing themselves not to 
