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PAUL pry’s reminiscences. 
industrious young men, who seem to have great disposition to 
become well acquainted with the rudiments of their art; but 
I am sorry to say, the dissecting-room is slack, and I believe it 
to be owing to some system introduced this session, by a person 
who takes on himself the purchase of subjects at the expense 
of the pupils, whether they like it or not; so that, with this 
management, the pupils are destitute of those demonstrations 
and instructions which that department is intended for. 
It is fortunate they can attend a neighbouring school, the 
conductor of which is continually at his post, for the improve¬ 
ment of his class. And I know, from experience, there is not 
a single person who attends his excellent instructions but fully 
appreciates their value. 
I am. Gentlemen, your’s, &c. 
A Student. 
We have great pleasure in giving insertion to this letter:— 
so far as our observation and knowledge of the pupils go, they 
are, as he describes them, diligent and deserving. As to the 
account which our correspondent gives of the dissecting-room, 
reformation Iras' long been wanting there. The particular fact 
which he states, he doubtless will be able and walling to sub¬ 
stantiate.—Y. 
Paul Pry’s Reminiscences, No. 2. 
“ A chiefs arnang ye takin’ notes, 
And, faith, he’ll prent it.” 
I KNOW’ they ought to be written, Messrs. Editors; tliey ought 
to be read. They should be WTitten, and then they w'ould be 
read ; but time, gentlemen, time is wanting. 
Ehcii! fugaces Posthunie, Posthnrne 
Eahuntnr anni! 
And time is a commodity of which the value rises as long as 
we live. This is my only excuse for having delayed sending 
you my College Reminiscences” so long. We must be con¬ 
tented with doing, not what we wash, but what we can. 
Every one has surely felt that there have been moments in their 
existence—not moments of peculiar important events, but, on 
the contrary, of comparative insignificance—which have, never¬ 
theless, left unaccountably strong impressions on the mind. So 
