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A Fight 01 Wild Beasts. 
A trooper’s horse and a bull were turned out, and soon 
after were let loose a lion, a tiger, a bear, and a wolf, kept 
hungry for the purpose. The tiger crawled along upon the 
ground like a cat, and first jumped upon the bull’s back, which 
soon brought the bull down, and then the great scramble began, 
the beasts tearing the bull to pieces, and likewise one another. 
The wolf and the tiger were first dispatched. The lion and the 
bear had a long contest. The lion with his teeth and claws 
wounded the bear in several places, but could not penetrate much 
further than the skin. The bear, somehow or other, took the 
lion at an advantage, got him within his grasp, and gave him 
such a squeeze as squeezed the life out of his body. The bear 
then furiously attacked the trooper’s horse, who was grazing all 
this while at a little distance, and not minding what was done ; 
but the horse, with his hind legs, gave him such a kick upon the 
ribs as provoked him to tenfold fury ; and, at the second attack, 
a second kick upon the head broke both his jaws and laid him 
dead upon the ground ; so that, contrary to all expectation, the 
trooper’s horse remained master of the field. This happened 
some years ago, at Berlin. — Newton’s Memoirs. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
We have received two valuable communications on the late prevailing 
epidemic. We retain them for the next number, and we earnestly and con- 
fidently appeal to our friends, east, west, north, and south, to give us the 
character, course, and most successful treatment of it in their respective 
neighbourhoods. The Veterinarian for November would then exceed in 
interest and importance any preceding number, or, more properly speak- 
ing, it would be invaluable. 
We have received a letter from a correspondent in the north, on a certain 
disease, or on certain diseases of cattle. We regard the communication as a 
valuable one, and shall readily insert it ; but as it impugns the opinion of a pre- 
vious correspondent, the name and address of the writer ought, in fairness, to 
be appended. To us, at least, they must be known. Cannot some of our friends 
see that these anonymous contributions never can form a part of veterinary 
history? There is always something suspicious and degrading about them. 
If they ever find a place in our Journal, it is because we know the writer, and 
can be answerable for his good intention. But we like them not ; and we do 
think that the time is not far distant when they will be altogether excluded. 
At all events, we never more will insert a line on a controversial subject that is 
not authenticated, at least to us, by the signature of the writer. An honour- 
able cause can only be promoted by means on which no shadow of suspicion 
can rest. These latter remarks are applicable to certain letters which we 
have lately received from persons whom we well know, but who would be 
ashamed to be known to the public as the writers of them. 
Mr. Youatt’s Lectures on Rabies will commence in the next January 
number. 
