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favourable to him. f do not presume even to hint that he is 
not perfectly qualified for the situation he has now obtained. 
I object only to the circumstance of others being called upon to 
compete with him when no fair competition was intended. At 
least, such is the inference I arrive at from a calm and frequent 
review of the leading facts of the case. 
The second act of the farce being now over the dramatis per- 
sonae are summarily dismissed, and no one is called before the 
curtain but the fortunate protege of the managers. I, for one, 
conceive I have great right to complain of the manner in which 
this was effected. You had not even the common courtesy to 
inform me in any way of the ill-success of my application to you — 
a want of attention which would be deservedly complained of by 
an applicant for your groom’s or footman’s situation, if he had 
applied in answer to your advertisement; and I judge, as a 
matter of course, that the other competitors were treated in like 
manner. I cannot offer you any apology, Gentlemen, for ad- 
dressing you thus publicly. Your own want of courtesy has 
brought this upon you, and has left me no other alternative. 
For my plainness only do I conceive that I have to answer, and 
most cheerfully do I hold myself responsible for it. Let me advise 
you, when next you take upon yourselves to execute so important 
a trust, to grant “ a clear stage and no favour.” 
I have the honour to be. 
Gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant, 
E. A. Fr i en d, Veterinary Surgeon. 
THE VETERINARIAN, AUGUST 1, 1842. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
We have received two somewhat angry letters from friends 
whom we sincerely and highly esteem, blaming us for admitting 
into our Journal a paper like that from Mr. Bull, which ap- 
peared in our July Number. We expressed ourselves strongly 
in the few observations that we made on that epistle, and we are 
perfectly assured that the. introduction of it will be highly ser- 
