THE YOUATT TESTIMONIAL. 
597 
since the establishment of the Veterinary College. The con- 
tinuance of The Veterinarian was doubted by many, and some 
even declared that the Editor would not be able to obtain the 
requisite supply of information, — that his own efforts, however 
great, would fail, and that in a short time its publication would be 
discontinued: but they who knew the zeal of him who had under- 
taken the task, his assiduity, his untiring perseverance, not only 
dared to hope, but had confidence, and the result has proved that 
this confidence was not misplaced; for this periodical, the first 
established Veterinary Journal in England, having grown into 
strength, and being based on the good opinion of the members of 
the profession, collects and diffuses most valuable information on a 
far greater variety of topics than could by possibility have been 
obtained from individual works for many years to come. 
But the Editor has yet other claims to your high respect. Need 
I refer to his constant endeavours to establish Veterinary Societies, 
those schools for the mutual instruction of practitioners; to his own 
unassisted contributions to the literature of his profession, by works 
on the Horse, on Cattle, and on Sheep, by which the horseman 
and agriculturist are indissolubly bound to the instructed veteri- 
narian. Shall I call to your recollection his researches and commu- 
nications on Rabies; or, more recently, his work on Humanity, 
which entitles him to the good opinion of all men. 
These meritorious and successful exertions in our cause have 
produced but one feeling among the members of the veterinary 
profession, and from the three kingdoms they have simultane- 
ously declared that this was the time to render tribute to whom 
tribute was due. And we, a small portion of the subscribers, do, 
in the name of our professional brethren and ourselves, present to 
you, Mr. William Youatt, this Service of Plate, in token of the 
high opinion we entertain of your literary labours in veterinary 
science; and we sincerely hope that you may long live to enjoy it 
in the bosom of your family; and we trust that Providence will 
superadd the blessings of health and the full enjoyment of your 
faculties, that you may still be enabled to continue to promote the 
advancement of our art. 
The Tureen bore the following inscription: — 
THIS SERVICE OF PLATE WAS PRESENTED 
BY THE 
'Fftm'naip ^roRgsiton 
TO 
WILLIAM YOUATT, ESQ. 
A. D. 1839, 
In testimony o f the high esteem they entertain of his Literary Labours in 
'Fetermarg ^rimcc. 
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