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be the same as from the bend of the knee to the ground : these 
two distances were unequal in Eclipse, the former being two parts 
of a head longer than the latter. 
“This summary comparison shews that the beauty of a horse 
cannot be absolutely determined by general rules, but must ever 
be in relation to a particular species.” 
Nature is herself the source of all that is ingenious, amiable, 
and beautiful: she laughs at systems manufactured by man, 
who views objects only through his own medium; and a little 
attention to her laws will convince us that, even in the same 
breed, individual varieties are endless in number, and great in 
degree, without any diminution of activity or strength. 
[To be continued.] 
ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. 
By Mr. James Kerr, V. Southampton . 
To the Editors of 
“ The Veterinarian.” 
Southampton, August 13, 1330. 
Gentlemen, 
1 am induced, from an ardent love for my profession and 
anxiety for its welfare, to offer a few remarks on a subject which 
1 humbly conceive to be of the highest importance to the pupil, 
but more particularly to the recently graduated veterinary surgeon. 
I allude to the pupil at the time of his entering the College, his 
obtaining his diploma, his commencing business, and the conduct 
which I conceive ought to be observed from him towards his em¬ 
ployers, grooms, farriers, horse-dealers, &c. I shall take a youth 
whose father is either a professional man or in a respectable mer¬ 
cantile employ, holding that place in the scale of society that en¬ 
titles him to the rank of a gentleman : with a consciousness of this 
let him enter the College ; but this is not done before he has had 
to encounter the rebuke of those friends who, from the infancy of 
the profession, have not sufficient knowledge of its importance, and 
who are, alas ! inclined to look upon its members as little better 
than common farriers and blacksmiths. The anxious youth eagerly 
seeks for an example of respectability in the profession, and proud 
am I to say he has many before him. By this kind of argument 
he obtains the consent of his friends, and enters at the College; 
and here his love for the study he has chosen is strengthened by 
