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that veterinary surgeons travelled from one town to another, at- 
tempting to persuade their brethren to forsake this faithless and 
useless periodical? Was it for this worthy cause — prohpudov! 
— that something like lynch law was spoken of, and threatened to 
be inflicted on the criminal ? No ! no ! ! The plain fact was this : — 
In an evil moment the Founder of the English Agricultural So- 
ciety, lamenting the continued existence and rapid spread of the 
epidemic among cattle, obtained from Professor Sewell certain 
advice and instruction, by means of which the plague might be 
staid ; and this was sent, not in the first instance to the practi- 
tioners of the veterinary art, but to the members of the Agricul- 
tural Society. These instructions were eagerly received and 
acted upon ; and the result was, that, instead of the cessation of 
the plague, the number of those that perished was increased, 
and the condition of those who remained considerably dimi- 
nished ; while the veterinary surgeon had lost a great part of his 
practice — had been forsaken by many of his former employers — 
and it had become evident that, on account of the coolness that 
had sprung up between them, many a year would pass before he 
and they would again be cordially united. 
Some persons now thought necessary to seek protection against 
the storm that threatened, or to find some individual against which 
its fury might be directed. That victim was the Editor of The 
Veterinarian. Many a calumny was heaped upon him, but 
principally because he was connected with the new light respecting 
the diseases of cattle that had broken on the farmer, and like- 
wise because he was connected, or supposed to be so, with the 
knowledge of certain circumstances that had taken place at the 
Veterinary College. 
What success will ultimately attend these demonstrations re- 
mains to be seen. The Editor is at his post, and there he will 
remain until a hint from those whom he most values induces 
him to retire ; and then, he has the happiness to say, the Periodi- 
cal will be transferred to a more efficient man, — him from whom 
it derived its origin. With a warmth of friendship that the Editor 
will never forget, the father of Tn e Veteri narian has offered 
once more to unite in the care of the bantling ; and the Periodical 
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