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OF THE SCHOOL OF ABOU-ZABEL. 
they had made considerable progress in their studies. This 
school inspired the liveliest hope of the future; it promised to be 
the nurserv whence we should hereafter transplant oui young 
aspi,a™ y and who, by their previous knowledge of Arabic and 
French, would enter on their after course of study with more 
assured prospect of success. It was determined to present a 
memorial to the minister of war, praying that he would grant the 
means of more certainly and promptly attaining an object so 
desirable. . n r . 
The examination was closed by the following address from the 
Scheykh Hassan el Atthar, chief of Islamism . 
“The treasure of the brave is the horse, mounted on which he 
enjoys the chase, or rushes to the combat. Skilful in the ma¬ 
nagement of him, he precipitates himself on the enemy he dis¬ 
engages himself—he returns to the charge, until the gates ot 
victory are opened before him. They who undervalue him are 
enslaved : they who love him find in him their stiength and pio- 
tection. The horse, which is the strength of the brave, is one 
of the most valuable companions of men when he turns himselt 
to the pursuits of peace. Beside this noble animal theie are 
others which man has appropriated to himself, and winch he 
compels to administer to his various necessities. I he hea th ot 
these animals is a point of the highest importance, and it is almost 
as necessary that veterinary medicine should exist as that which 
has relation to the human being. # 
“ Founded, the one and the other, for the interest or man and 
the preservation of health, they may be considered as twin sisters, 
equal in rank and importance. Both these sciences had become 
strano'ers to our Egypt—there was not a vestige of them left, 
until it pleased the Supreme Being to reproduce them in all t e 
freshness of youth, emancipating them from the opprobrium of 
ignorance, and breaking the yoke of superstition. May God 
crown all his efforts with success by whom these important be¬ 
nefits have been conferred, and who has made Egypt prosperous 
and happy under his government! His Excellency M eh erne t All 
Pacha has brought from afar the most valuable books, the most 
newly invented and the most perfect machines, and the choicest 
and most delicate productions which industry has anywhere 
yielded. All these have been placed at the disposal of learned men 
arrived from Europe, and who have begun to scatter the pearls of 
their knowledge among the children of the Arabs eager to receive 
them. Among the number of these illustrious professors was M. 
Hamont, selected by his Highness to establish a veterinary school 
in Egypt. In a short space of time this school was created and 
provided with competent professors, and pupils intelligent and 
