A CONCISE ACCOUNT,” &C. &C. 557 
members of the Highland Society, who attend the examinations 
as friends and well-wishers of Mr. Dick and of veterinary science. 
But who are these friends and well-wishers ? I am proud in 
being able to answer, that they are among the most talented, ho¬ 
nourable, and worthy nien of which Scotland can boast; form¬ 
ing, at the examinations, a perfect constellation; and if the 
author of the Concise Account” could but muster Jive such 
friends for Mr. Dick’s JiJ'ty, he would soon lose the little sense 
that he possesses through downright vanity and sheer pride: 
the Glasgow bodies would require to clear the pavement for him 
as he came along^, each saving; to his neighbour, That is the 
author oj'the ^ Concise Account.^ ” 
It is said by our author, that “ sometimes an old pupil or 
two of Mr. Dick’s attend and assist upon these occasions”—the 
examinations. This, like the author’s statements generally, is 
devoid of truth, as none of Mr. Dick’s old pupils have ever 
attended at any of the examinations, and of this fact the author 
of the Concise Account” cannot be ignorant. But if any of 
the old pupils were required to assist, they would do so with 
skill, judgment, and impartiality, and which is saying for them 
more than any body could say for our author who had read his 
Concise Account.” 
But, keeping Mr. Dick’s pupils out of the question, has this 
author never heard of two veterinary surgeons (from St. Pancras, 
too) who attend the examinations of the Edinburgh Veterinary 
School? Has he never heard of Mr. William Henderson, V.S., 
and veterinary surgeon to the King, who attends and assists, 
and takes a lively and praiseworthy interest in the success of the 
pupils? Has this author never heard of Mr. Alex. Gray, V.S. ? 
wily should he have been forgotten, and his services omitted, if 
the author of the Concise Account” had thought that these were 
worth rnentioJiing? Surely, this author must suppose himself to 
be a very great man indeed, if he look upon these gentlemen as 
nobody. 
It seems particularly strange to me, that this author should 
take so much trouble to run down^ if he were able, the Edin¬ 
burgh Veterinary School in every possible respect: the teacher 
and the taught are both served alike out of this author’s dirty 
dish; and, like tar, he soils every thing that he touches, or that 
comes into contact with him. But what is the cause of this 
author’s malevolence ? Because, in considering the importance, 
the progress and prosperity of the Edinburgh Veterinary School, 
and the honestly-earned fame of its conductor, the author of the 
Concise Account” sees his own littleness, and insignificance in 
the world around him. Like the Queen of Sheba, after seeing 
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