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Sir Claudius asked him to point out by what law the man 
could be punished. 
The prisoner said that it was a custom in the trade to make 
shoes one day and shoe horses the next. He claimed to work ac- 
cording to the custom. 
Mr. Higgs said it was nonsense for men to dictate in this way 
to their masters. He did not want more shoes, but he did want 
some horses shod. If Sir Claudius would become a master farrier, 
he would find things wanted to be put straight. 
The question of assault was then entered into, and 
Sir Claudius finding the master had talked of beating the man, 
thought that the bad language and menace of the workman were 
provoked, and dismissed the case. 
Ancient Prices. 
In Wilkin’s Leges Saxon , as quoted by Dr. Henry, we have 
prices of various articles in England in the reign of Ethelred, 
about the year 997, which the learned doctor calculated with 
great correctness in money of the present time : — Price of a man 
or slave, £2 16$. 3d. ; a horse, £1 15$. 2d.; a mare or colt, 
£1 3$. 5d. ; an ass or mule, 14$. Id; an ox, 7$. Old.; a 
cow, 6$. 2d. ; a swine, 1$. 101d. ; a sheep, 1$. 2d. ; a goat, 4ld. 
Medical Lecturers. 
[The following description of the portraits of the Medical Lec- 
turers of London, by Dr. James Johnson, is unique. We do 
hope that the sketching is far from being accurate — at least 
our elder brethren deserve a better reward of their labours. 
How is it with our veterinary brethren?] 
“The uninitiated might suppose that the lecturers, as a class, 
were fat monopolists, gorged with fees, and accumulating for- 
tunes. To those who know the facts, this is truly laughable. 
Such are the expenses, that some get nothing , many get next to 
nothing, most get very little , and very few receive what can be 
considered a fair recompense. As for the bulk of the lecturers, 
one has only to look at them to laugh at the idea of their being 
rich. They are lean hungry -looking chaps , with high cheek 
bones, white complexions, and somewhat rusty coats.” 
Med. Chir. Rev., Oct , 1S12. 
