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cavalry that is kept in this duchy, there is a veterinary surgeon 
of the regiment, and a veterinary surgeon of the squadron. 
Both are similar to the surgeons of the regiments, and have the 
rank of lieutenant. 
10th. Baden (Grand Duchy of). There are two vete- 
rinary surgeons in each of the three regiments of this duchy. 
The second veterinary surgeon has the rank of adjutant. 
Next to whom is the first lieutenant, and above him the captain. 
11th. Nassau (Grand Duchy). The only ^military vete- 
rinary surgeon of the Grand Duchy of Nassau is attached to the 
artillery. He has the rank of lieutenant. 
12th. Egypt. By a document proceeding from, and signed 
by, Mehemet Ali in 1833, the veterinary surgeons of the army 
are divided into three classes. 
A. The inferior assistants , who have the rank of sub-lieu- 
tenants on coming to the regiment. 
B. The assistants , who have the rank of lieutenants. 
C. The veterinary surgeon majors, who have the rank of 
captain. 
ft is in France, where veterinary medicine took its birth ; 
where it is incontestably the most advanced ; where it is taught 
with the fullest development, and to w T hich most of the pro- 
fessors of the schools of Europe come to improve themselves ; — it 
is in France, where the want of resources and the numerous losses 
in our cavalry troops ought to attach most importance to the 
worth of the veterinary surgeons, that they are exclusively placed 
on the lowest scale. 
[To be continued.] 
VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
WARRANTY OF A HORSE. 
Saxty v. Wilkin. 
The declaration stated that the defendant sold plaintiff a horse for <^56.. 1 6s, 
warranting it sound, but it was unsound. Defendant pleaded, first, that lie 
did not warrant, and second, that the horse was sound. 
Mr. Thesiger said that the plaintiff was a tailor, at Colchester : he men- 
tioned this that they might not be taken by surprise by the humour of his 
learned friend. Defendant was a farmer, at Tollesbury, twelve miles off. 
Defendant and plaintiff had had dealings together — that was, plaintiff had 
