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REVIEW. 
once said of himself; since the more a man knows, the more 
conscious he is of the much more he has to learn, and there- 
fore of the little he yet really knows : “He had only been 
more fortunate than others in picking up smoother pebbles 
that lay on the margin of the ocean of truth/’ 
Our readers must in conclusion be informed, that this, 
the first part only of Mr. Haycock’s work, treats upon 
wounds and injuries of the horse, and the consequences 
resulting therefrom, preceded by a dissertation on inflam- 
mation, and “ those general principles of treatment, not only 
with respect to the severer types of idiopathic disease, but 
also in relation to the healing of wounds, and the more 
violent forms of systemic disturbance arising from the in- 
fliction of injuries of almost every degree of severity.” To 
what extent the work will be carried the author at present 
does not know ; but he says, the process of production will 
necessarily be slow, arising from the multiplicity of labours 
in which he is engaged, as well as the time and care required; 
but as matter accumulates, so he will give to it form and 
order, and he hopes to render every part complete in itself as 
it issues from the press. 
A SENTRY IN CHARGE OE HIMSELF. 
A medical officer of the 13th, reproved a sick soldier for 
want of care of his health, on account of the manifest 
effect produced on his -wasted frame by exposure to cold 
during the night. The man said, in his defence, “ Why, 
sir, what could I do? The black fellows set down my dooly 
in the dark, on the top of that mountain, and as I did not 
know 7 how 7 near the enemy might be, I was obliged to leap 
out and take my arms, and stand sentry over myself the 
whole night.” A new 7 species of outpost duty. — Owens Life 
of Havelock . 
