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M. A. Maximoff, which carried a weight of thirteen thousand two 
hundred and forty Russian pounds, as far as the three hundred and 
thirty-ninth sagene. The sagene is just a foot longer than our 
fathom. The sledge drawn on such occasions weighs as nearly as 
possible twenty-four poods. 
To enter on another branch of this subject would lead me too 
far at present. But I will take an opportunity of sending you all 
due details concerning the progress of Russian horses and Russian 
races. 
Morning Post. 
EDUCATION AND STANDING OF REGULARLY 
QUALIFIED VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
*** The following spirited appeal, which, it appears, has been 
sent “ To the Editor of the Banner of Ulster ,” has reached us 
through the Secretary of our College, Mr. Gabriel : we transcribe 
it with pleasure. — Ed. Vet. 
Sir, — M y application to the magistrates at revision sessions to 
be exempted from serving on the grand jury, and on juries in 
general, as reported in a recent number of your valuable paper, 
has directed attention to a subject in which the public are not 
altogether unconcerned. One ground on which I pleaded for such 
exemption is the fact that the CHARTER, with the sign manual of 
Queen Victoria, incorporating the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, London, of which I have the honour to be a member, 
distinctly recognises what was formerly called the Veterinary Art 
as a profession. (See VETERINARIAN, vol. xvii, page 186.) By 
this charter, the provisions of which are ample and very important, 
the Royal Veterinary College is placed on a footing precisely 
similar to that occupied by other incorporated bodies of profes- 
sional men, such as the Royal College of Surgeons, and the Royal 
College of Physicians. 
I am not, however, silly enough to imagine that a royal charter, 
or even an act of parliament, can create a profession : the utmost 
that, in my mind, can be effected, whether by the collective 
wisdom or by the Queen in Council, is to recognise a profession, 
when its members have attained the requisite amount of scientific 
knowledge, and other solid qualifications. The question then is, 
did the Royal Veterinary College, in these respects, merit the high 
mark of distinction which her gracious Majesty was pleased to 
confer ! To this it might be sufficient to reply generally, that 
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