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the path which Mr. Dick had to ascend by his unaided efforts. He therefore 
thought that no greater kindness could be done to those young persons than 
to put them on the same footing with his own students — to say to them, 
“ Come forward, you shall find no distinction here and then, if they did 
not mount to the same status with the medical profession, the fault lay with 
themselves. He had been rewarded by seeing a great increase of knowledge 
in the veterinary school ; and, w ithout pointing out names, he might state 
that he had seen among them men of a firm grasp of thought, and able to 
follow the steps of the reasoning in Mr. Dick’s lectures, and that was saying 
a great deal. Although Mr. Dick had over-rated what he and his friends had 
done for the veterinary school ! (No, no ), still they would permit him to say, 
that, after all, his opinion was, that the life and soul of the Veterinary College, 
the sun and moon, he might say, of the institution, were Mr. Burn Murdoch 
and Mr. Dick. These w T ere the central points of their system. They could 
not imagine the gratitude they all owed to Mr. Murdoch for the trouble he 
had taken ; and for persisting in interesting himself in their welfare, and in 
forwarding the prosperity of the school year after year. Of the scientific at- 
tainments of Mr. Dick, he w r ould say that they were such that the highest 
society in Great Britain w ould be glad to have him as an associate ; and there 
was not an institution in the world — not even the Academy of Sciences in 
France — which would not be happy to rank him among their members. This, 
however, was a peculiar and accidental circumstance, that might never happen 
again. Though the Veterinary School should continue to the year 1939, as 
he hoped it would, it might never again occur that they would have a man 
placed at their head who was so fond of his art, and who was never dead to 
a scientific hint, come from what quarter it might. Fie begged again to return 
thanks in the name of himself and his associates, who all felt equally interested 
in their welfare. He claimed no merit for himself, except that he was some- 
what older than his brethren ; and so had the accidental merit of being the 
first to open his classes to the veterinary pupils. 
Mr. Burn Murdoch reminded the meeting, that they ought not to forget 
old friends. They had heard a great deal of the interest which people took 
in the Veterinary School; and among these, certainly the most prominent 
was the gentleman who w r as his predecessor in the convenership of the High- 
land Society’s Committee, and who had greatly exerted himself to forward 
the interests of the School. The Professor would permit him to say, that a 
great deal w r as owing to the penetration of that gentleman, not in discover- 
ing — for they wmuld have been discovered at any rate — but in early discovering 
the latent merits of Professor Dick (cheers ) ; and he must say, that when he 
w r as a private member of the committee, which his friend, the Hon. Adam 
F ergusson, conducted, he had many opportunities of seeing the interest which 
he took in the establishment of the school. He was satisfied that the least 
they conld do, in honour and in gratitude, was to dedicate a bumper to his 
health. He had only to add, that as Mr. Fergusson’s son was at present in 
this county, he had written to him to attend the examination, that he might 
make a special report of the proceedings to his father, and he had no doubt 
that he would give a good account of them — “ The Hon. Adam Fergusson.” 
The Croupier said he was about to propose the health of a distinguished 
individual. They had talked a great deal about the Highland Society, as 
well as the medical gentlemen who had assisted Mr. Dick ; but he was about 
to propose the health of the individual who had conducted the education of 
that gentleman, and had made him what they all admired. He begged to 
propose the health of Mr. Dick, senior. 
Mr. Dich , sen. returned thanks to his worthy friend for proposing his 
health. He wished to remind his young friends around him of the obligations 
