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and those whom he says join with him in the complaint, keep us 
w’ell supplied with better ones. He who assists not in the labour 
has no right to find fault with the execution of the work. All 
this, however, in perfect good-humour; for we know that 
‘'veterinary surgeon’’is our friend, and we regard him with feel¬ 
ings as friendly as he bears towards us. 
Our intellect is too obtuse to understand the point or wit of 
J. P.’s communication; and, perhaps, we have given ourselves 
no great deal of trouble to discover them, because every combatant 
in our tournament shall wield none but lawful weapons, and shall 
enter the lists wdth his visor up. 
Y. 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H or. 
Bridgewater Treatises, No. Animal and Vegetable Physiology, 
By Peter Mark Roget, M.D. 
We have already noticed this Treatise of Dr. Roget’s in 
Th E Veterinarian ; but as we concluded our short review 
with a promise to revert again to his highly interesting and use¬ 
ful work, we now, with pleasure, fulfil our pledge. 
There needs no apology for introducing this subject a second 
time to the readers of The Veterinarian, inasmuch as our 
publication is open to every thing that is connected with, and 
that will tend to the advancement of, veterinary science. 
In the present day, a period distinguished by cultivation of 
intellect, and the progress of enterprise, the attention of all 
classes of men is directed to the best means of furnishing to 
every description of persons the information necessary to the 
course of life which they follow. The mechanic and artizan 
will soon cease to be mere automatons in their respective em¬ 
ployments, as tliey are now becoming sufficiently acquainted 
with the sciences connected with their trade, to enable them to 
apply their knowledge in the exercise of it. For the due qua¬ 
lification of gentlemen to become members of the three learned 
professions, theology, law, and physic, certain adequate means 
have been provided ; but when we revert to our owm profession, 
can w’e honestly say, that the means are adequate to the endvS 
