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THE STATE OF THE VETERINARY ART. 
diversions or channels for the employment of horses, Britain 
be not destined to be one day more famous than ever for her 
breed of horses, are questions of too much present obscurity to 
admit of any attempt at solution from our pen. Veterinarians 
have still one resource : they must remember that it is their duty 
“ to cast round the world an equal eye, and feel for all that 
live” — that no animal is beneath their notice — and that cattle of 
all kinds now become valuable property, and will pay for pro- 
fessional skill. And should practice of every kind turn out slack, 
leaving the practitioner still hours of idleness, we do not see how, 
in the country, he could employ them better, or more profitably, 
or more in accordance with his professional avocations, than in 
some agricultural pursuit. He must not forget the alliance there 
has from old existed between veterinary and agricultural concerns; 
and that horses and live stock constitute so valuable a considera- 
tion in a farm, that the veterinarian’s knowledge of these is 
likely to compensate, in a measure, for any lack of knowledge on 
his part of land, supposing him deficient therein ; indeed, so self- 
evident is this truth, that every young farmer would do well to 
furnish himself with a good amount of veterinary science before 
he undertook the controul of a grazing or breeding farm. P. 
Our readers will be highly gratified at finding in the present 
number of our Journal a paper, “ written some years ago,” and 
incidentally brought to light, from the portfolio of a gentleman 
in years and eminence unsurpassed by any veterinarian at present 
living. Mr. Goodwin has for several years past retired into private 
life, enjoying his well-earned otium cum dignitate . In his retire- 
ment, however, he has at no time been unwatchful of what was 
transacting in the veterinary world, but has ever evinced, as he 
continues to do, the greatest enjoyment in the company of a 
professional friend with whom he can freely chat and converse, 
over a social glass, about times when that world possessed more 
stirring interest than it does at the present day. For his valuable 
and interesting paper we cordially thank him. P. 
