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list as certificated members, and, in accordance with a previous 
remark, have shrunk from an act of dishonesty ; but this can apply 
but to few, and, possibly, not to any. But, no; the feeling is apathy, 
or, what is worse, a mistaken position. “ Let them dare to refuse 
to insert my name in their list,” has been uttered more than once 
or twice to mv own knowledge ; or, again, some have such egotist- 
ical notions of their own grandeur and importance, that they hold 
themselves above all law, rule, or custom ; forgetting that the first 
law of the gentleman and of the British citizen is courtesy and 
obedience to the requirements of the customs and laws of the land. 
Since, however, we so find it, we can only look with pity on the 
first, silence on the second, and contempt on the third. 
Once more I will take the trouble to address the parties who 
have omitted to make their returns ; but I shall not do so a third 
time. I will neither sacrifice my own time, nor consent that the 
funds of the body corporate shall be frittered away on such objects. 
I will go through the labour of preparing another list ; but I un- 
hesitatingly state, that I will not proceed any further: it is too great 
a tax on any one ; and when one only meets with dissatisfaction, 
contumely, or insult, it does not at all tend to lighten the burden. 
According to the best estimate I have been enabled to make, 
there are still about 500 members to register; that is, 300 who have 
been already applied to and have neglected to make their returns, 
and 200 whose addresses are unknown. 
I feel honoured by the high terms in which you have been 
pleased to notice my labours : personally, I feel that I do not 
deserve such encomiums, as I hold that no man deserves thanks 
for doing his duty ; but certainly no man deserves blame when he 
has done his best. I am, Sir, 
Your’s obediently. 
ACCOUNT OF AN INTESTINAL TUMOUR SENT FOR 
EXAMINATION. 
By William Goodwin, M.R.C.S . , Veterinary Surgeon to the 
Queen. 
An aged carriage horse, belonging to her Majesty, was lately 
taken suddenly ill at Windsor, and died in the course of a few 
hours. He had been eighteen years in the royal service, and 
during the time had ever and anon experienced fits of “ gripes,” 
and had on ever} r occasion been relieved, up to the last and fatal 
attack, by the exhibition of the ordinary antispasmodic remedies. 
Post-mortem examination discovered a tumour, about the 
