VETERINARY SCHOOL. 619 
To escape the imputation of seeking my own aggrandizement 
was my principal reason for suppressing my name. 
In London, or in Edinburgh, there are few horsemen who are 
unacquainted with the existence of, at least, one veterinary 
school; but there are many large towns, and many large country 
districts, in which the majority of the inhabitants never heard of 
any place for the instruction of veterinarians; wdio never once 
thought such a thing at all wanted. My observations were ad¬ 
dressed chiefly to these ; and, whether wrongly or rightly, I ex¬ 
pected that they would, at least, suggest some inquiry as to what 
sort of men were best fitted for treating the diseases of live stock. 
It was enough to let agriculturists and others know that there are 
places devoted to the instruction of practitioners, and that these 
instructions gave their possessor a decided advantage over the 
uneducated quack. For obvious reasons, it was necessary to do 
this briefly. I endeavoured to give a short and faithful account 
of the schools, and also of the practitioners, both qualified and 
unqualified. The aim of the pamphlet is stated in the first page. 
It is a plain statement of facts, unaccompanied by many remarks: 
much praise, or much censure, is not bestowed upon any indi¬ 
viduals or any classes. The reader, for the most part, is left at 
liberty to form his own opinions upon the things referred to. 
For the execution of this task, I did not expect any thanks. 
I knew that the indolent, the ignorant, and the depraved, would 
resort to their usual dirty practices, to counteract the tendency 
of the pamphlet; but I was not prepared for an article from the 
Edinburgh Veterinary School, like that which is published in 
this month’s Veterinarian, by a Mr. Wilson. 
If I have misrepresented the Edinburgh School, I have done 
so unintentionally, and am very sorry for it. I regret that Mr. 
Dick and I have not of late been on a friendly footing: with 
the cause of our difl'erence the profession can have nothing to do. 
I mention it, that I may disclaim all intention of depreciating 
the merits of Mr. Dick or his school. Such a circumstance 
might possibly make me less disposed to dwell upon my account 
of his establishment, but I hope it will never make me pervert 
the truth. I shall leave such miserable folly to Mr. Archibald 
Wilson, for which he appears to be tolerably well qualified. 
Upon looking over this unfortunate individual’s childish re¬ 
marks, I can hardly fix upon any thing worthy of refutation : 
without precisely saying why, he sputters out a great deal of 
abuse as dirty and as mean as himself. It is not till arriving 
at the nineteenth paragra])h, that I find any thing like a direct 
contradiction of what has been stated in the Concise Account.” 
I have there said that, at Mr. Dick’s annual examinations, an 
old pupil or two sometimes attends and assists upon these occa- 
