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Of this, both parties so situated, as well as the public at large, 
have equal right to complain; — The uninitiated, that he has been 
deluded into a belief that he has been instructed in all that is 
requisite to insure moderate success in the outset of his professional 
career ; while, alas ! he has but to discover, that the first, require- 
ments for which he has need are all but unknown to him. The 
previously trained, and therefore better taught, has still stronger 
reasons to complain; for not only has he been placed below his 
proper level, but is held in diminished estimation in the eyes of 
his employers, the public, in consequence of the failure of the un- 
qualified man. Again; the public have to complain that the un- 
qualified should be palmed upon them by high-sounding testimo- 
nials, which they soon discover not only to be of little worth, but 
actually tending to the injury of all parties. 
It is in vain to attempt to blink a question of so grave a nature. 
Such might have been done in days passed by, when Professor 
Sewell gave me to understand, when I first entered the College as 
a pupil, many years since, after he had ascertained what had been 
my previous pursuits. — the sooner I forgot all that I had learned 
under my father, the better it would be for me. Time, the test of 
all things, has proved the fallacy of such an injunction, and has 
taught me, after long experience, the absolute necessity of ele- 
mentary instruction. 
I beg particularly to draw the attention of all parties interested 
to so important a question as the fitting education to be adopted 
for the proper formation of the future veterinary practitioner, and 
more particularly do I wish to direct the attention of the managers 
of our veterinary schools to this important subject. 
I remain your very obedient servant. 
Cockspur-street, Jan. 21, 1848. 
Extracts from Foreign Journals. 
The Clinique Veterinaire for March, 1847, contains a Memoir 
from the pen of M.F.de Nanzio, the Veterinary Professor at Naples, 
on the Conception and Parturition of a Mule. The common opi- 
nion is, that mules, both male and female, are in general incapable 
of reproduction. The ancient proverb, 
Quum mula pepperit, 
