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of the cause of such death being in any way connected with the his- 
tory of man.” 
It would be unnecessary to follow Dr. Buckland in his argument. 
He cites, in his sermon on death, numerous passages from the 
sacred writings, in which death is spoken of, both as to its cause 
and consequences ; and from which it appears that, though most 
clearly inflicted as a punishment on man, it is by no inspired writer 
spoken of as a penal dispensation to any other living creature. 
And now, having finished our notice of the “ Fortunate Essay,” 
we would commune for a moment with its author ; and we would 
ask him, for what reason “The Animal Creation” was withheld 
from the public for two months after the adjudication of the Prize ; 
and whether it is bona fide the one which was submitted to the 
arbitrators, and to which the Prize was awarded! We would 
likewise ask, on what principle of usage or of honour this author ex- 
tracts nearly twenty pages of the most interesting matter from the 
rejected Essay of one of the candidates'! and whether these pla- 
giarisms were seen and approved of by the adjudicators 1 — a cir- 
cumstance which, in truth, could not have taken place if the matter 
had been conducted in the plain and straightforward manner in 
which it ought to have been. 
We are not advocating the cause of any individual. There might 
have been among the rejected addresses many far better written, 
and more deserving of the Prize, than that from which we have 
made so many extracts, and with the style and reasoning and tend- 
ency of which we have acknowledged ourselves to be highly 
pleased. But we would have such an Essay in every way worthy 
of the noble object with which it is identified; and, imputing no 
blame, and, from our ignorance of facts, having no right to impute 
blame, to the adjudicators or the Society, there are some circum- 
stances in this affair which do not harmonize with the feelings with 
which we would rise from the perusal of such Essays. 
A CASE OF OSSIFICATION AND PERFORATION OF 
THE RECTUM. 
By S. Wheatley, Esq., Staindrop. 
[This letter has been mislaid, or it should have occupied its proper 
situation in the May number of our Journal. — >Y.] 
A PONY nearly 14 hands high, aged, died under the operation 
of physic. The dose was five drachms of Barbadoes aloes, with 
ginger, palm oil, and a few drops of oil of caraways. The pony 
was prepared with bran-mashes, as customary, and well attended 
to. I gave the ball in the morning. 
On the following day, at noon, the groom complained that the 
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