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them—is beginning to receive the substantial reward of his labours. 
He is Professor of the College. 
No one finds fault with this. He had worked hard for the situ¬ 
ation, in despite of the occasional sneers and ill-treatment of his 
superior, and he is now reaping the reward of his assiduity. There 
are few who will deny that, as a practical man, and, barring a few 
strange peculiarities of opinion, he has great value. The question 
is with regard to the other promised branches of veterinary study ; 
and we ask, does this all-important point meet with the considera¬ 
tion due ] By whom is the student, for the first time, prepared 
for the pursuit of cattle-practice 1 Who is the talented man who 
is to unfold all the hidden mysteries of cattle disease and its treat¬ 
ment ] 
It is a gentleman who, until the last ten years, never made the 
slightest pretension to such knowledge—who has never had an 
opportunity since of acquiring a thousandth part of the requisite 
knowledge—whose time is already fully, and more than fully, 
occupied —It is Professor Sewell! 
We recall not one word of that which we have said of his plain 
practical knowledge of the maladies and treatment of the horse; but 
we are speaking of that of which he could have no knowledge 
that deserves the name. By some strange fatuity,—we will .not 
at present use a harsher word—he dreams that he can accom¬ 
plish every thing, and he is Professor of both departments. How 
long does he think that the profession will submit to degradation 
so outrageous] What a glorious opportunity is he neglecting of 
establishing himself in the good opinion of his brethren and the 
agricultural world. But we refrain at present. Let others speak. 
All that we require, all that the agricultural world requires, is 
included in the appointment of a competent teacher of cattle patho¬ 
logy. It involves the honour of our profession, and the best inte¬ 
rests and wishes of the farmer. There is to the College the choice 
of honour or disgrace—of continued and prosperous existence, or 
of injury beyond the power of redemption. 
