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during any time of the day on which the sale took place, there 
seems more reason to conclude that it arose after the sale ; but 
the suddenness of the lameness, the extent and rapidity of the 
swelling, together with what appears in the evidence, incontesti- 
bly proves, in our opinion, that the disease or injury, whatever it 
was, had its origin very approximate to the time of sale. The 
evident degree of lameness which existed after it was first dis¬ 
covered, and which was observed by some of the witnesses 
without much difficulty, the circumstance of the swelling con¬ 
tinuing for a number of weeks, and afterwards disappearing, 
while it never was completely subdued by exercise for some 
weeks after it was first observed, all tend to .shew that the dis¬ 
ease was of recent origin ; and, in the absence of evidence to 
the contrary, must be held to have taken place after coming into 
the pursuer’s possession. 
1^7tUvinav^ 
The Royal Veterinary College. 
Gentlemen, 
Seeing, in your number of The Veterinarian of last 
August, Professor Coleman’s Address to his pupils, I am induced 
to send to you a copy of a few words which he delivered in his 
theatre, on the ?3d of December, respecting those young men 
who presented themselves for examination on the previous day. 
“ It is pleasing, indeed, to me to see the great improvement of 
the generality of my pupils in every branch of knowledge con¬ 
nected with their profession. They seem particularly to have 
improved in chemistry since Dr. Paris became one of our ex¬ 
aminers. Whether those young men learned chemistry by read¬ 
ing or experiment, or attending on lectures here or elsewhere, 
they answered their questions on this and all other branches of 
the profession so readily and correctly, that never were the 
examiners better pleased with my pupils, than they are at the 
present moment wdth those to whom I allude. And I trust 
this Vv'ill be a warning and stimulus to all of you to persevere 
in your studies, and aspire to the honourable situation in which 
those gentlemen stand at the present moment; for, I assure 
you, that Messrs. Read, Gibbs, Garrett, Molyneux, 8cc. have done 
credit to this institution : and I hope they will become ornaments 
of the profession.” 
You will allow me to tell you the present state of things at 
the College. The majority of the students is composed of 
