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sions : Mr. Wilson, however, in this pitiful pap.er of his, asserts 
that this, like the author’s statements generally, is devoid of 
truth, as none of Mr. Dick’s pupils have ever attended at any 
of the examinations, and of this fact the author of the ‘ Concise 
Account’ cannot be ignorant.” 
This may be an error of mine. It is of no great consequence; 
but I am deceived if I have not been informed that Messrs. 
Steel, Tennant, and Young, have each attended these exami¬ 
nations. I shall make inquiry for my own satisfaction. I rarely 
believe such men as Mr. A Wilson^. 
In the twentieth paragraph, it is stated that Mr. A. Gray 
and Mr. W. Henderson, pupils of the London College, and Edin¬ 
burgh veterinarians, attend at the examinations of Mr. Dick’s 
class. I have omitted to mention this in my Account,” be¬ 
cause I did not know it. If true, it is a matter of some import¬ 
ance, and shall be remedied in a second edition; but, without 
better authority than Mr. Wilson’s, I shall not venture to assert 
it as a positive fact^*. 
In the twenty-second paragraph it is said that Mr. Dick, after 
December, lectures four times every week ; and that, for some 
months before the examinations, he gives five lectures, exclusive 
of a class on Saturday, for practical students. I am happy to 
hear this, and shall be glad to learn from some respectable 
authority that it is truej. I have stated in the Account,” 
that Mr. Dick lectures only three times a-week. 
* Several of IMr. Dick’s pupils have attended these examinations—it 
would have been strange if they had not: but with a becoming modesty and 
good feeling they have not yet presumed to question any of the candidates. 
They are yet young practitioners; but a few years hence, and perhaps even 
now, they would be the most efficient examiners.—Y. 
f Mr. A. Gray and ]\Ir. Henderson, with a liberality that does them a high 
degree of credit, do attend, and take a very active part in these examinations. 
At the close of the last session Mr. Henderson was present on the first day, 
and the questions which he put were numerous and much to the purpose. 
Circumstances prevented his appearance on the second day; and he refused 
to affix his signature to the diplomas of the successful candidates, until he 
had examined them again at his own house. That private examination took 
place, and, after highly complimenting the young men, he affixed his signa¬ 
ture to the documents. In the year 1834, Mr. Hallen, of the Enniskillen 
Dragoons, was present at the examinations, and assisted in them. In 1831, 
three veterinary surgeons were present ; and in 1830, the lamented Castley 
thus speaks of the meeting. “ This year he (Mr. Dick) solicited the attend¬ 
ance of all the veterinary surgeons in the neighbourhood, and requested 
them to examine—amongst the rest, myself.”—Y. 
J In the early part, or about the middle of January, depending on cir¬ 
cumstances, Mr. Dick does begin to lecture four times in the week, exclu¬ 
sive of a grinding lecture of an hour and a half or two hours on Saturday ; and 
about the middle of February he lectures five times in the week—still exclu¬ 
sive of the grinding lecture—and continues this until the examination.—\ • 
