346 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Mr. Gamgee (having the consent of the chair), said — 
Although his name was not upon the scroll of contributors to 
the testimonial, he approved of the feeling manifested, and 
volunteered a sympathetic speech, which was well received. 
The Chairman , in giving the toast of 66 The Country Practi- 
tioners,” coupled with it the names of Messrs. Pritchard and 
King, the Vice-Chairmen, and said he trusted that he should 
always see so good a muster of their provincial brethren at 
the annual festival of the college as now present. 
Mr. Pritchard was very much obliged for the compliment 
paid to the country practitioners, and he hoped they might 
often have the opportunity of meeting their brethren in town 
under the same agreeable circumstances as they had done 
that evening, and that all little misunderstandings and cross 
purposes which might mar the blessing of harmony in the 
profession would be extinguished for ever. 
Mr. King also was called upon, and said that nothing 
afforded him greater happiness than to go hand in hand with 
his professional brethren. 
The Chairman , in proposing the health of “The Professors,” 
took occasion to express his gratitude to Professor Morton 
for the kind assistance he had received from him when he 
was at the Royal Veterinary College, as well as the courtesy 
which had been evinced by every one of its officers. 
He asked the assembly to join him in drinking the toast of 
“ The Schools, and the Professors Spooner, Simonds, and 
Morton.” (Great applause.) 
Professor Simonds returned thanks on the part of himself and 
colleagues. In the course of his observations, he said, that with 
reference to the school to which he and they were attached, he 
believed most sincerely that every one of the teachers had en- 
deavoured most strenuously to support the connection which 
ought to exist between the Royal Veterinary College and the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. It w r as very true that 
there had not always been that unanimity in the profession 
w 7 hich could have been wished, and even now there were some 
standing aloof. In endeavouring to reconcile conflicting 
opinions, his colleagues and himself did not take any merit to 
themselves, but they simply held that they had conscien- 
tiously fulfilled, in this respect, the duties attached to their 
position. He trusted the day was far distant when anything 
like discord w T ould be seen, or when anything should transpire 
to loosen the bond of union which existed between the educa- 
tional and the examining body. He believed that a separation 
of this kind would be one of the greatest calamities that 
could be inflicted on the profession. He would not presume 
