OF THE SCHOOL OF ABOU-ZABEL. 
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was myself seized with this frightful disease. Others have had 
rewards and honours; and no one has heard me offer a single com¬ 
plaint of the numerous occupations with which I was charged. 
It is painful to me to recount these things of myself, and I am 
assured that I shall be pardoned for stating what I have been 
compelled to do. 
“M.Clot, charged to engage in France a professor of veterinary 
medicine to assist me in conducting this school, has brought with 
him M. Prince, a distinguished pupil of Alfort, and one of the 
professors at Toulouse. We sincerely congratulate M. Clot on 
his success ; he could not have made a happier choice : and our 
school rejoices to reckon among its professors a veterinarian so 
distinguished, for we are confident that he will materially con¬ 
tribute to the improvement of the veterinary art in Europe.” 
We make no apology for this lengthened detail of that ex¬ 
amination of the veterinary pupils at Abou-Zabel, on which the 
future destiny of the institution depended. He must be a re¬ 
creant to his profession who does not feel the deepest interest in 
this narration of the difficulties, and perseverance, and noble de¬ 
votedness—the dangers, and the glorious victory of the founder 
of the Egyptian school. We would not omit one word of it. If 
all veterinary professors had drunk of his spirit, the triumph of 
our art would have been long ago assured. 
We gladly and proudly record the names of the veterinary 
students who first gained military rank in the Egyptian cavalry; 
whose extraordinary merit wrung this act of justice from the 
powers of the day, prejudiced against them, and eager to find 
some plea for the continuance of their debasement; and upon 
whom, in fact, hung the fate of the Abou-Zabel school. 
Aides Major . 
Mohamed el Mahaleouy 
Aehmaouy 
Mohamed Jounes 
Sous Aides . 
Ibrahim Laz 
Mustapha Alh6 
lb Assanem Osman 
Ali el Mounageri 
Akmet Agag 
Assein Cassein 
Mehemet el Laceni 
Hassahan el Sembillaoueni 
Hassan el Dep 
Ismael Cherif 
Ali Aboubathmeine 
Abdel Auach 
Abdelel Joussouf 
Omar Abdalla 
Mohamet Chemi 
Mohamet Aboubachi 
Achmet el Cherif. 
We shall meet again with some of these champions of our art 
as we tread the paths of veterinary science; or, if not, their 
names ought to live in future story. 
Y. 
