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and that it’ was well known among the profession, that the ex¬ 
amination w 7 as a public one—that it was open to ever} 7 respecta¬ 
ble veterinarian who would intimate to Mr. Dick his wish to 
attend—and that it would afford much gratification to that gen- 
tleman if his veterinary brethren would take their fair share in 
the examination. Some veterinary surgeons were present at the 
examination of 1831, and one of them travelled many a mile in 
order to attend ; and their absence at the last was perfectly ac¬ 
cidental, and a subject of much regret to Mr. Dick. Our cor¬ 
respondent likewise adds, that the examiners at the last meeting 
were more efficient than we had supposed ; for two of them, one 
of whom had been president of the Edinburgh College of Sur¬ 
geons, had done Mr. Dick the honour to attend a whole course 
of his lectures. 
We regret that we were not aware of these circumstances when 
we gave our report of this meeting : our knowledge extended to 
one fact only—the absence of veterinary practitioners and ex¬ 
aminers ; but we knew not with whom the fault lay that they 
were thus absent. It gives us sincere pleasure to be enabled to 
set ourselves right with Mr. Dick, and Mr. Dick more than right 
with his professional brethren : his consistency is established, and 
that liberality for which his professional brethren esteemed him 
stands unimpeached. These public examinations, and examina¬ 
tions by veterinary men, alone are wanting to ensure the rapid 
progress of veterinary science. He who is publicly, and although 
not maliciously yet strictly, examined in the persons of his pu¬ 
pils, must bid adieu to wild and fanciful theory, and inculcate 
sound and wffiolesome and practical lessons, and keep pace with 
the rapid march of improvement. 
Vet. Metropolitan us. —We have heard of this inter¬ 
ference with private practice ; and we well know that it is sanc¬ 
tioned neither by the regulations of the institution, nor the 
wishes of the governors: we also recognize the truth of the legal 
adage, “ Qui per alium facit, seipsum facere videturbut our 
correspondent must favour us with his name, and with some 
well-authenticated case. 
