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[We deem it right to preserve the following letters, as samples oi 
a correspondence which we little dreamed would have taken 
place. It arose from strange misapprehension of the subject. 
We have others in which the writers err still more egregiousiy, 
and ride the high horse a great deal more ridiculously. Mr. 
Carmichael will immediately see the source of the erroneous 
impression under which he laboured: his language is unneces¬ 
sarily caustic; but there is no reason why two valuable schools, 
whose only struggle ought to be which shall contribute most to 
the onward progress of our common profession, should be dis¬ 
united because a few thoughtless young men choose to make 
a great and very foolish noise about a subject which they do 
not understand.—Y.] 
To the Editor of ** The Veterinarian'* 
Covington, 13th July, 1840. 
Sir, 
I HAVE read with some interest the account of the presentation 
of the Memorial of Veterinary Surgeons to the Governors of the 
London Veterinary College, and the discussion which followed 
thereon, and must express my surprise, that it never occurred to 
the Meeting, or to the Deputation, that unless they were to include 
the graduates of the Edinburgh Veterinary College in the benefits 
of the proposed charter, they would do a substantial injustice to 
them. I think that the memorialists have shewn a degree of 
narrow-mindedness which will, on their applying to the proper 
quarter for a charter, defeat their object; because it is evident 
from the status which the graduates of the Edinburgh Veterinary 
College have acquired, by being placed in every respect at present 
on a level with graduates of the London Veterinary College, that 
any charter conveying superior privileges to the memorialists would 
interfere with the interests of the Edinburgh graduates, and raise 
their opposition; and I have no doubt at once form an insur¬ 
mountable barrier to the obtaining of a charter. Perhaps it Will be 
said, that there was no intention of excluding the graduates of the 
Edinburgh Veterinarv College from the benefits of the charter: 
that may he so; hut is it proposed to include them in it? Was 
that ever hinted at bv the ■zv jnorialists ’ Were the graduates of 
the Edinburgh Veterinary College ever consulted, whether they 
