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seek only to promote the true interests and welfare of the whole 
profession, and have no desire but to unite the whole in one 
common bond of peace and unity. I will not enter into any 
angry or unkind controversy with any one, but humbly lay my 
opinions before my brethren, and, let them judge of them as 
they may, I will still continue to feel and to express sentiments 
of kindness towards them. With an anxious desire to promote 
the welfare of the whole of my brethren, J beg leave to subscribe 
myself. Sir, 
Your ever devoted friend and servant, 
J. Hayes. 
P.S. — I will still continue both to think of and to lend all the 
assistance that my small abilities will allow me to The Vete- 
rinarian. It must and shall be kept up and supported. If 
you think the remarks which have occupied the former part of 
this paper worthy, you are at liberty to publish the whole in 
your next : 1 shall be glad to see them there, and the opinions 
of others also on this vital subject. 
To the next letter also we are permitted to append the name of 
the author. It is Mr. Thos. Proctor, of Solihull. 
My dear Sir, — I received your letter of the 8th July. I find 
you anxious to obtain the advice of a few of your old friends 
(amongst whom you have been pleased to give me a place) re- 
specting The Veterinarian. I can assure you, humble as I 
am, I ever have been a friend of you and The Veterinarian, 
in proof of which more than thirteen volumes of that periodical 
are now lying at my side ; and, as I have said before, I value 
them, and I value the name of Youatt — the name of him who has 
done such a vast service to his profession and his brethren. 
I certainly feel myself, sir, inadequate to offer you any very 
valuable advice respecting our monthly periodical, although long 
aware of the dissatisfaction you are now alive to concerning it. If 
I must say a word or two, I shall be plain, yet respectful. 
In my opinion, a great deal of harm has been done to us as 
practitioners from the manner in which practical cases are pub- 
lished in our Journal, the authors entering too much into the 
minutiae respecting symptoms, causes, doses, and effects. The 
man who writes thus I am convinced, but not until lately, ma- 
terially injures his profession. I and some of my acquaintance 
have felt the truth of this. See the eagerness of the farmer, cow- 
leech, groom, and shepherd, to catch at any thing that is in plain 
English, as it is called. Our Journal now finds its way among many 
