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in this light. I have merely attempted to shew what is done, and 
what should be done. If I have probed the wound to the bottom, 
the cure rests not with me. It is in the hands of those who, I trust, 
are becoming conscious that farther reformation is needed in the 
veterinary profession. 
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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hon. 
“ I never uses a ^animal so, 
Cos that I thinks it below me; 
But if I had a donkey what woudn’t go, 
If I didn’t wallop him — blow me !” 
Costermonger' s Song. 
SUCH is man! endowed with reasoning faculties, capable of ap- 
preciating the affections and administering to the wants of those 
animals over whom he reigns undisputed lord — 'fickle, cruel, and 
ungenerous — too often found, from one cause or another, ill-treating 
and performing acts towards them displeasing to God and revolting 
to the better feelings of human nature. So true the description of 
the poet: — 
“ What would this man ? now upward will he soar, 
And, little less than angel, would be more ; 
Now looking downwards, just as griev’d appears, 
To want the strength of bulls, the fur of bears. 
Made for his use all creatures if he call, 
Say, what their use had he the powers of all ? 
Nature to these, without profusion, kind, 
The proper organs, proper powers assign’d ; 
Each seeming want compensated of course, 
Here with degrees of swiftness, there of force ; 
All in exact proportion to their state ; 
Nothing to add, and nothing to abate. 
Each beast, each insect, happy in its own. 
Is heav’n unkind to man, and man alone ? 
Shall he alone, whom rational we call, 
Be pleas’d with nothing, if not blest with all ? 
If, however, there is one duty devolving on man more honoura- 
ble than the rest, and which ought to be more pleasing to himself, 
it is the alleviation of the sufferings of those dumb animals de- 
signed by a beneficent Creator for his use and service. It is the 
pleasing satisfaction of having, in some measure, performed this 
duty, that comforts the right-minded veterinary surgeon, and sti- 
mulates him forward in his exertions. Reader, does it you I 
