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REMARKS ON A PAMPHLET ENTITLED 
been wished for: there is prose, such as it is; and poetry, such 
as is seldom to be found; and there is everywhere nonsense in 
abundance. There are long-winded harangues which set criticism 
at defiance, about Charms,” “ Amulets,” and “ Mystic Ceremo¬ 
nies ;” “ Voluntary and Bloody Sacrifices ‘‘ Pestilential Calami¬ 
ties,” Conscious Guilt,” and Divine Vengeancethere are— 
“ Pigs he rung, and bells he hung. 
And horses shod and cured.” 
What a very clever, nay, wonderful fellow, the author of the 
‘‘ Concise Account” must be, when he could do all this! Surely 
the ‘‘Admirable Crichton,” if he had been livino', would have 
been seen to be but a mere numscull compared with the author 
of the “Concise Account;” and I verily believe, that, if Dr. 
Combe could get a cast of his cranium, he would at once per¬ 
ceive that it belonged to no ordinarily-gifted individual. 
In page 8, the author of the “ Concise Account ” states, that 
such a number of veterinary institutions are in a flourishing 
condition, viz.—Copenhagen, Madrid, Vienna, &c. &c. &c. 
without informing the reader where he got such facts, and 
whether the truth of such a statement may be relied on. He 
might have told, that at Copenhagen, Madrid, Vienna, &c. &c. 
the moon shines by t/oj/, and the sun by night; but before I 
could have believed such a queer statement, I would have re¬ 
quired some stronger authority than that of the author of the 
“ Concise Account;” for if I had believed that the story was 
quite true, he might have told me next, that at Copenhagen, 
Madrid, Vienna, &c. See. there was once a man—a living man, 
who had been made of the parings of skimmed-milk cheese; and, 
as a proof of what he said being true, he might have added— 
“ and I am that man nobody, I think, who had read his 
“ Concise Account ” w^ould have doubted the fact. 
Passing on to page 11, I find that the author of the “ Concise 
Account ” is less furious than he appeared to be when we set 
out, although the fit (of abusing others) has not quite left him; 
and from his present appearance—from the irregularity of his 
pulse, sulkiness of his eye, and dijficnlty of swallowing —I dread 
a relapse; for “ the evolution of gas is oiormous.” “ But,” 
continues this writer, “ from the College have proceeded all our 
valued authors, and, with few exceptions, our best practitioners.” 
No doubt this writer looks upon himself, among others, as a very 
valuable author; and although his native modesty would not 
allow him to say so, yet he would rejoice and be glad (as he says 
of Professor Dick) “ if others would sap so for him.” 
As for the practical abilities which the author of the “ Concise 
Account ” may have in his profession, I have but little to say, 
