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contentedly, and without inquiry, suffered the original purposes of 
the institution to be so glaringly abandoned. 
Twenty, thirty, and more years now passed by, and the Pro- 
fessor pursued the same course, and with more determination, be- 
cause he received no rebuke. His attention, and that of the stu- 
dent, was confined to the horse. It was scarcely dreamed of within 
the College walls that there were other portions of the farmer’s and 
the nation’s wealth that required attention and care ; or that there 
were other animals, valuable to the agriculturist, which were left to 
perish. Too often, indeed, he would hear of the fair prospects of 
the country practitioner being altogether blasted by the lack of that 
instruction with regard to other animals which ought to have been 
given to every pupil. Too loud and too deep were the complaints 
of negligence with regard to the inferior animals ; and, at length, 
of the endless repetition of the same worn-out and discarded 
opinions with regard to the horse. Sometimes he would meet 
with severe rebuke from his elder and more influential brethren; 
and once the promise was extorted and recorded, that “ in the 
event of his introducing any person to a share of the lectures 
heretofore given by himself, it should be incumbent on such person 
to give the general structure and economy of cattle, sheep, dogs, 
swine, and other domestic animals, the diseases to which they are 
subject, and the remedies proper to be applied; and that, towards 
defraying the increased expense of this and other arrangements, 
the sum of five guineas should be deducted from the amount of 
the fee at present paid by each pupil to the Professor.” 
We do not, therefore, wonder that Mr. Coleman so obstinately 
pursued his course ; that even in the last year of his professorship 
he laboured so hard to prejudice his pupils against the projected 
improvement ; and that, so near to the close of his career, he 
adroitly neutralized the efforts of those who wished to unite 
together the interests of Agriculture and of the College. Let him 
pass ! He had his good points as well as his bad. 
What is the state of things at present h A new Agricultural 
Society has sprung up, which, avoiding all political disputation, has 
established itself in the good opinion of the whole agricultural body, 
and ranks among its members the leading men of every party. 
