THE DEATH OF KEELDAR. 
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us, let us not disgrace ourselves and our profession by ungentle- 
manly and illiberal conduct towards each other. We should live 
happier, and we should prosper more, by kind and friendly con- 
duct than by that want of candour, that almost open hostility, 
which are too frequently the stigma of an old as well as a rising 
profession. 
One thing more, and of a mere personal nature. Our friends, 
at hand or far away, should recollect that it is usual and right 
for inquirers, whether respecting advertisements or points of prac- 
tice, or any thing, in fact, that relates to the veterinary art, to 
pay the postage of their letters. Our readers would scarcely 
credit the expense which we have incurred during the last year 
from this source alone. There have been more advertisements 
than usual respecting the bargain and sale of situations and 
practices, and not one in half a dozen of our correspondents has 
deemed it requisite to pay the postage of his letters. We must, 
therefore, be forgiven if, once for all, we state that, except from 
a correspondent whose writing we recognize, we will not take in 
another letter addressed to “The Editors of the Veterinarian,” the 
expense of which has not been defrayed ; and, in truth, we would 
rather that our advertisino; friends would direct the reference to 
be made to any other persons than ourselves. 
The Death of Keeldar. 
By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 
[Percy or Percivall Rede, of Trochend, in Redesdale, Northumberland, is 
celebrated in tradition as a huntsman and a soldier. He was upon two 
occasions singularly unfortunate : once when an arrow which he dis- 
charged at a deer killed his celebrated dog Keeldar ; and again when, being 
on a hunting party, he was betrayed into the hands of a clan called Crossar, 
by whom he was murdered.] 
Up rose the sun o’er moss and mead. 
Up with the sun rose Percy Rede ; 
Brave Keeldar from his couples freed. 
Careered along the lea ; 
The palfrey sprung with sprightly bound. 
As if to match the gamesome hound ; 
His horn the gallant huntsman wound ; 
They were a jovial three! 
