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THE VETERINARY ASSOCIATION. 
was the contumely that awaited them at the Theatre. Never, per- 
haps, with the cordiality which they would otherwise have evinced. 
The meetings, at that period of the session, met with the fate 
which they merited. 
The Secretary then turns to an individual who cordially re- 
spects him, who has identified himself with him in all the most 
important objects to which the Association could be devoted, and 
whose best wishes will ever attend the progress of the Society. 
But could he be expected to expose himself to insult and 
danger? Is he to be taunted as a worthless book-maker ? Is he 
to behold — not to cow before — the threatening glances of foolish 
yet well-meaning young men ? Should it be necessary to warn 
him against causeless exposure to danger and the possibility of 
Lynch law ? Is he, when he happens to enter the Theatre a little 
before the President, to be assailed with caterwaulings which 
almost tempt him to believe that the Lynch law is about to be 
carried into execution? This surely is sufficient to justify him 
in ceasing to mingle in the debate, and even to refrain from 
again making his appearance in the Theatre. 
I speak not of the officers of the Association ; I have ever 
found them honourable and kind. I speak not of the body of 
the students. I speak of those who have been misled. The 
evil that has accrued to the Society has been attributed to a 
somewhat wrong cause. 
I have no fear with regard to the ensuing session. Let the 
object be simply improvement in science, and the cultivation of 
kindly feelings among ourselves, and none of the prior assemblies 
of the Association will exceed those which are to come in pleasure 
or in usefulness. No one shall be found more earnest in this 
pursuit than the writer of the present article. 
We now turn to our highly esteemed and valued correspondent 
Mr. Friend. His suggestion, with respect to legal transactions, 
is a very important one, and most cordially should we co-operate 
in the accomplishment of it. Will our metropolitan and country 
friends favour us with an account of every horse-cause in wdiich 
they may be engaged, or which occurs in their neighbour- 
hood ? A very important and useful series of facts would be 
elicited ; and the members of our profession would be exempted 
