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to the formation of the same part in other animals, so admirably 
adapting them to the situation in which they are placed and the 
purposes which they are to accomplish. It is true that he has 
already enough to employ, and somewhat oppressively, his time ; 
but, possibly, he might be induced to take that as a part of his 
duty, and to enter more fully and completely into it, from which 
he now evidently derives so much pleasure, especially if the clin¬ 
ical portion of the treatment of the horse were to be more equally 
divided. But we repeat, that we are speaking altogether without 
authority. We have not, however, the shadow of a doubt that 
a teacher of the anatomy of cattle, fully efficient to discharge his 
duty, would, at no great distance of time be found. 
Another Professor, as in every other school but ours, will be 
imperiously required when the number of patients, and the cha¬ 
racter of their food and the nature of the medicines required, va¬ 
rying with their strangely varied structure and diseases, are con¬ 
sidered,—a Professor of Materia Medica, Chemistry, Dietetics, 
&c.; but this requires not another word. 
“ If these additions to the studies, and to the ultimate efficiency 
of the pupils, should be granted by the Governors, the amount of the 
admission fee must be very materially increased. The average 
amount of the fees to which we have alluded would be forty 
guineas, a sum which, if we dared, we should.recommend the Go¬ 
vernors fearlessly to adopt, as it would enable them better to remu¬ 
nerate the present Professors, and all others whom they may deem 
it proper to appoint; as well as to leave a balance for inferior offi¬ 
cers, and particularly for the Demonstrator, on the talents and exer¬ 
tions of whom in every school a great deal depends. 
‘‘ Should the Governors be willing to raise the fees only to thirty 
guineas, a sum much less than the student was compelled to pay 
until the last twelvemonth, it is doubtful whether without an annual 
grant from the English Agricultural Society towards the establish¬ 
ment of a Professorship for Cattle, or the general fund of the insti¬ 
tution, these improvements could be adopted. No scientific and 
talented man, if he has a practice worth having, will be induced to 
leave it unless well paid; and whoever is appointed to that chair 
should be not only a scientific and talented, but a sound practical 
man; one that has been regularly accustomed to witness and to 
treat not only one or two, but all the diseases of cattle, otherwise 
he has no business at the Institution. 
“ We have been told that the English Agricultural Society has 
voted a grant of £200 per annum towards the remuneration of the 
Professors of Cattle Pathology and Anatomy. If this should be 
the case—if there is an appointment of Professors who honestly de¬ 
serve these titles, the matter will easily be accomplished. 
It has been argued by some persons that, by increasing the enr 
