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ON SOUNDNESS. 
been supposed. Certainly the disease, or one similar to it, i. e. 
one producing the same effects or symptoms, may and does, 
occasionally exist in the loins; but this is from ossific matter or 
lymph (the termination of inflammation) pressing on some of the 
nerves connected with the hind extremities. 
April 14th, 1830. 
I am, Gentlemen, 
Your most obedient servant, 
R. Moi.yneux, V.S. 
ON SOUNDNESS. 
By Mr. Cast ley, V. S. 12 th Lancers: in a Letter to 
Mr. W. PercivalL 
Jock Lodge, 13th Mareh, 1830. 
My dear Sir, 
I cannot but feel highly flattered with the very handsome 
manner you have commenced your letter to me on the subject of 
Soundness, in answer to one of mine. 
My friends all know me to be no great hand at bandying com¬ 
pliments ; I must, however, say, that there us nothing would 
give me more pleasure than to have an opportunity of cultivating 
a more intimate acquaintance with the son of my old and valued 
friend, and with one who stands so deservedly high in his pro¬ 
fession. 
The debated point of soundness is one in which, I must confess, 
I do feel a little interest; and I wish with all my heart it were 
settled. “It is a subject, be it remembered, on which, of all 
others, it seems most desirable we should come to some mutual 
understanding and unanimous conclusion.” Yet, I assure you, 
I had no intention of again stepping into the disputed field 
amongst the “choice spirits of the age;” and least of all did 
I dream of having such a formidable antagonist as the author of 
the Lectures on Veterinary Science. 
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My former letter, I may observe, was written more by way of 
comment on the discussions which took place on your paper at 
the Veterinary Society, than upon the paper itself. Seeing that 
you were assailed on all sides at these meetings, and conceiving 
your position to be too extended, I thought, by narrowing it a 
iittle, to have made it stronger. I imagined, my dear Sir, I was 
marching to your assistance. But you will not have it so— 
you refuse to concentrate, and have rejected me as an ally. 
I have, therefore, nothing for it but to stand upon my own 
