•308 EDINBURGH VETERINARY SCHOOL, &C. 
in an old and apparently long untenanted house in Clyde Street. 
You enter it from the street door, and are immediately struck 
with the delightful confusion which seems to reign within. 
Skeletons of all descriptions, “ from a child’s shoe to a jack- 
boot”—from a horse to an ape, not ranged in “ regular order all of 
a row,” but standing higglety pigglety, their ranks having been 
broken by the professor’s table, and their heads looking in all direc¬ 
tions, as if thrown together by chance. Over the professor’s “ de¬ 
voted head” is seen suspended a portion of inflated and injected 
intestine, with its mesenteric expansion dangling in the air, some¬ 
thing like a lure for flies; whilst all around the room, and espe¬ 
cially in the coiners, are heaped together vast quantities of 
diseased bones, and other preparations, seemingly without order, 
and without arrangement. Here we see no numbered specimens 
—no classification of morbid anatomy—no description book—all 
of which would tend to give the collection a pretty effect . Yet 
the lecturer has not only sufficient, but abundance for his purpose : 
his table is always covered with choice preparations. u Of that 
portion of the house” which is set apart for the audience, the best 
thing I can say is, that whenever I have dropped in, I have always 
found it remarkably wellJillecL It is fitted up with rough deal 
planks, set upon as rough props; the seats rising tier above tier, 
until your head touches the top of a very dark coloured ceiling. 
Of my friend, the professor himself, I may be allowed to say, with¬ 
out suspicion of flattery, that he appears to understand his sub¬ 
ject perfectly; and although he may not possess that powerful 
elocution, that smooth, flowing, persuasive strain of eloquence, 
which carries everything before it like a resistless stream, yet he 
is by no means deficient in the power of communicating his 
thoughts to others. Mr. Dick is still a young man; and as a 
lecturer, every year he is improving. His anatomical demonstra¬ 
tions, I may remark, are particularly clear, instructive, and satis¬ 
factory ; and he seems to spare no pains in “ well-grounding” his 
pupils in this, perhaps of all others the most necessary part of 
elementary knowledge. At the end of every course he subjects 
his class to a public examination. Here, at least, there is no hole 
and comer work—no secret tribunal: we have an open court, 
where all is straight-forward, fair, and above board. The pro¬ 
fessor seems to solicit enquiry. He assembles a kind of com¬ 
mittee of what may be called some of the notables of Edinburgh 
—some of the noted medical men; and invites the members of 
the Highland Society and others to be present. This year he 
also solicited the attendance of all the veterinary surgeons in the 
neighbourhood, and requested them to examine : amongst the rest, 
myself. I could only be present the first day; but I must say 
