REVIEW-THE FARMER^ GUIDE. 445 
Little do those connected with the Veterinary College know 
how far its reputation is compromised by the system now pur¬ 
sued there, or how many there are who regard it (and naturally 
enough, as it is now conducted) as a place where all are in com¬ 
bination to pillage the poor student to the utmost of their pow¬ 
er! where the Professor pockets the whole fee, the whole that 
is ostensibly required; after which operation the student soon 
finds that the Assistant Professor (an examiner, and therefore one 
to whom he dares not to say nay) demands his five guineas for 
lectures on veterinary surgery, which “ the Regulations” had 
previously ordered to be given gratis; and soon after this, three 
guineas more must be paid to a gentleman out of the College, 
because the Demonstrator or Assistant Demonstrator cannot or 
will not effectually teach anatomy, or prepare for the examina¬ 
tion, and for which also 66 the Regulations” had provided. He 
has not paid all even yet: two guineas more must be forked 
out for chemical lectures, useful ones no doubt, but for which 
also “ the Regulations” had made provision : and, last of all, 
the Assistant Demonstrator gets another guinea, for-we are 
sure we cannot tell what! A stranger would say of this—and a 
great many do not scruple to say—that it looks like a barefaced 
system of robbery. 
The remedy is simple, effectual; the honour of the profession 
requires it; the voice of the profession would sanction it. As 
to the system of favouritism, and secret operations, we have heard 
of it from various quarters. It is a most shameful thing; and 
if it is not speedily redressed, we advise the pupils to memorialize 
the Examining Committee : there are many honourable men and 
true among them, and we think that justice would be done* 
The governors would form an ulterior court of appeal. 
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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
The Farmer's Guide; ora Treatise on the Management of 
Breeding Mares and Cows, with a Selection oj proved Pre¬ 
scriptions for the Diseases of Horses and Black Cattle. By 
James Webb, Veterinary Surgeon, Elgin. 
The contributions to our Journal from our Scottish friends 
have so rapidly increased of late, both in number and value, and 
our opinion of the professional worth of our northern brethren 
had become almost daily so much more favourable and decided, 
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