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goes vvitli the foot in the natural position. The owner said he 
was as strong on the cut leg as on the other, and had many times, 
within the last two months, thirty hundred weight behind him ; 
and he thought the more he worked, the stronger he had 
become. 
In conclusion, I would observe, that he would certainly be con¬ 
sidered worse than a madman who performed any operation from 
which he expected the result to be always favourable. The 
above cases, being from five to eight miles distant from this place, 
and being partly dressed by the owners and partly by the smith 
who put on the shoes, were undertaken at a disadvantage; and 
it will be obvious to every one that they ought to be daily under 
the eye of the operator; yet three out of the four succeeded. In 
my humble opinion, the position of the foot, and compression by 
bandages after the operation, constitute the only mystery in this 
operation ; but I would not perform it unless the animal was pre¬ 
viously useless, or had some measure of youth and value as a 
hope of reward to the owner and operator. I only remark, that 
all the cases I have operated on were fore legs. 
ON THE DUTY, PAY, AND ALLOWANCES OF A 
VETERINARY SURGEON OF THE INDIAN ARMY. 
By Mr. G. Skeavington, FAS'., I)evo?tport, late V.S. of the 
Bengal Horse Artillery. 
Messieurs Editors, 
I, perhaps, ought to apologize for introducing subjects so de¬ 
void of amusement to the greater part of the profession ; but as 
I write merely for the information of those who peruse these 
pages, I have no other plea to offer than that of my being most 
truly anxious to contribute my humble endeavours, along with 
the many of your very able correspondents, in rendering The 
Veterinarian such a source of knowledge that your subscri¬ 
bers may from thence be enabled to know how to act in certain 
particular cases. First, then, 
Regulations regarding the Duty of Veterinary Surgeons attached 
to Cavalry Regiments or Brigades of Horse Artillery. 
Art. 1.—The veterinary surgeon has the care of all the sick 
and lame horses of the regiment or brigade, and the particular 
superintendence of the shoeing, to which he will pay unremitting 
attention. It is also his duty to bring under the notice of the 
officer commanding; the regiment or brigade any circumstances 
which appear to him of material consequence to the general 
