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A CONCISE ACCOUNT,” &C. &C. 
Mr. Dick, which might possibly have assisted in building a new 
one, as the old one was ‘‘ not endurable” at times to him, and, I 
believe, to him alone ? Was it for the want of a dissecting-room 
that this author quitted the Edinburgh Veterinary School ? If it 
was—ke kens himsel. As for the old hay loft I will say but little, 
and the less that I say the better; but if ever it should become 
to me a sheltering-place from the storm that rages without, I will 
think of it with reverence as long as I live. 
In page 15, continues out author, ‘^the pupil has the ad¬ 
vantage of witnessing Mr, Dick’s practice, which is pretty ex¬ 
tensive.” What, in the name of common sense, does this author 
mean by pretty extensive?” Does he mean that Mr. Dick 
has but half of the employment of the other two veterinary sur¬ 
geons in the city? because, even then, it might be “ pretty ex¬ 
tensive.” Or does the author mean by ‘^pretty extensive,” that 
he has more than them both, which would make it pretty, 
extensive,” indeed ? Does he mean that it is pretty exten¬ 
sive” from the number of Mr. Dick’s employers, or the ground 
over which he has to travel^ —from Edinburgh to Glasgow ; and 
even at this present time he is at or near Glasgow, attending a 
racing colt of Lord Kelburne’s, and which circumstance of itself 
shews,—but I will say no more on this subject. 
The author of the Concise Account” and I entirely agree 
if he means by pretty extensive” the immense distances 
which Mr. Dick has to travel (not speaking of the trudging 
which his pupils have too, and I know it) from here to Ayrshire, 
Renfrewshire, Dumbartonshire, and every shire of them, ^^frae 
Maiden Kirk to John o’Groat^s,” —in fact, the airts thewitC 
can blaw.” This is what I call pretty extensive,” although 
the author of the Concise Account” may mean something 
that is entirely different. 
I am now finished with this author’s worthless publication, 
and I am very glad of it; and if the author should feel that the 
tawse are unco nippy,^ he may blame his own indiscretion in 
not considering properly what he was doing when he published 
such an useless, profitless, “ malignant” pamphlet. The author, 
however,' with all his vanity, and I am sure it is not little, had 
the prudence to make it an anonymous publication; and he did 
well: and for this I am willing to suppose that he possesses the 
bump of cautiousness, though not wry large. I never saw the 
author of the ‘^Concise Account,” and never may; but I do 
not wish him any ill for all that; and whatever I have written, 
although it may not be quite agreeable to the author of the 
* Nippy, i e. very SInal•ti^^^ 
