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THE VETERINRAY SCHOOLS. 
a shoe—to pare out a foot in the common way—to pare it out in 
the various ways which ditferent states of the foot require—to 
adapt the shoe, or to direct the adaptation of it, to every case ; in 
short, to be able, and it will sometimes be required, to be their own 
farrier, and as clever in the handling of their tools as any of 
their men. He who starts with the fairest pecuniary or other pro¬ 
spects will not degrade himself by this; but he who, actuated 
by false pride, is deficient here, will often expose himself to se¬ 
rious inconvenience, and occasionally to derision and contempt, 
when he becomes settled in the world. A gratuity to the foreman 
of the forge, with a view to occasional direction, and some little 
but important facilities which he may be able to render the pupil, 
will be money very wisely and profitably spent. 
In the same street with the College, and not two hundred 
yards above it, Mr. Spooner has established a most efficient 
school of veterinary anatomy. This gentleman is well known as 
one of the best veterinary anatomists, perhaps the best, of which 
the profession can, at the present day, boast. He has a conve¬ 
nient dissecting-room, in which he constantly superintends the 
researches of his pupils; and he gives daily lectures on, or 
demonstrations of, the structure, external and internal, of the horse 
principally, and also of the viscera of the ox, and of all pecu¬ 
liarities of structure in cattle, sheep, and dogs. There is a me¬ 
thod, a tangibility, a clearness in all that he says and does, which 
is of essential advantage to the student, and without which his 
time and attention are completely thrown away. Mr. Spooner, 
also, has frequent examinations of his class, preparatory to the 
important ordeal which the pupil has finally to undergo. This 
school is also a most important addition to the facilities which 
the veterinary pupil now possesses. It may be added, that 
both Mr. Morton and Mr. Spooner receive pupils into their 
houses, on moderate terms, to board and lodge. It is scarcely 
necessary to hint at the advantages which young men would 
possess under their immediate superintendence and guidance. 
The lectures on veterinary medicine at the University of London 
will also be resumed on the evening of the IGth of November, 
and with the hope and prospect that extreme ill health will not 
