MU. L. HE VIS IN DEFENCE OF Mil. G. HALIDAY. 701 
slipping, to the same degree that he would in shoes with plane 
and smooth surfaces, is too evident, we think, to admit of any 
question. ” And again, “ In conclusion, we learn from the pro- 
spectus, that the patent shoe can be made bv the same smiths 
who have made the common shoe, with little increase of trouble 
and expense. The trouble or labour, instead of being increased, 
is greatly diminished. A clever fireman, with a boy to blow the 
bellows for him, will, single-handed — for he requires no striker — 
make his gross of shoes a-day. And as for the expense, that is, 
we understand, but two shillings the cwt. more than that of the 
common bar-iron, before manufacture, which trifling addition will 
be greatly more than compensated for in the saving that will ac- 
crue from the little labour and workmanship demanded. ” 
Feeling assured that by this time your experience and judg- 
ment will have enabled you to acknowledge more of the good 
qualities of my patent Concave shoe, and that, should a defect 
appear in the material or workmanship, you will not allow it in 
your mind to prejudice the principle, 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant, 
H. B. Rodway. 
MR. L. REVIS IN DEFENCE OF MR. G. HALIDAY— 
BOTH VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Sir, — I have been for several years a subscriber to your valu- 
able Journal, and have derived much important information from 
its contents. I can bear humble testimony to its general excellence, 
and I am sure I never found any article inserted purposely to 
wound the feelings or injure the character of any one in our pro- 
fession. You may then, Mr. Editor, imagine my surprise when, 
on receiving The Veterinarian for the last month, I found an 
article inserted by Mr. H. W. Sparrow, headed “Inflammation 
of the Absorbents, attended with Irritative Fever.” 
Having carefully perused the article, I was perfectly at a loss 
to imagine what could be Mr. Sparrow’s motive for inserting it. 
Does the statement contain any thing that interests the profession 
at large, or does it add any thing to the knowledge of the veteri- 
nary art? Let us examine the article. 
Mr. Sparrow states, that he was requested on the 1st of Febru- 
ary, at eleven o’clock, a.m., to give his opinion respecting a horse, 
the property of the Navigation Company — that he found the 
horse almost exhausted from loss of blood and want of proper 
support — and that the pulse was irritable (?) — the membranes of 
VOL. xv. 5 B 
