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mischievous little animals; two of them lying loose, and the 
other two attached to the peritoneum. I am very sorry that I 
could not stay to examine the brain, as I was eight miles from 
home, and the mail was expected to pass at some distance in a 
quarter of an hour. I trust that I may not be thought pre¬ 
sumptuous in thus intruding on your valuable time, and that of 
my readers, who, by the by, I fear are getting heartily tired 
of me. 
Sincerely wishing for the success and wide circulation of your 
very excellent publication, and with many, many thanks to those 
gentlemen who have so ably and kindly contributed to The 
Veterinarian, from the perusal of which I have derived much 
pleasure, and, I hope, benefit, 
I am, gentlemen, yours, 8cc. 
RECOMMENDATION OF “ THE VETERINARIAN.” 
By Mr. Charles C. Brett, V. S., Bletchingly. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian.” 
Gentlemen, 
I beg leave to offer you my sincerest thanks for the great 
benefit, as well as pleasure, I have derived from the pages of 
your invaluable Journal, The Veterinarian ; a work I should 
have acknowledged my obligations to ere this, but, to my regret 
and disadvantage, I only lately became acquainted with it. 
A new era seems now to have dawned on our profession, and 
bright stars have arisen to illumine the heretofore gloomy path 
of the veterinary practitioner. By means of this Journal the 
members of the profession are brought into close bonds of unison, 
and medical acquaintance with each other; and by it we gain a 
knowledge of our several different modes of treating disease, and 
are enabled to borrow occasional wrinkles from the experience of 
our brethren. By its instrumentality we are made acquainted 
with the high degree of respectability and talent of many of our 
fraternity; and that we are not all so nearly and necessarily akin 
to the blacksmith as some suppose us to be ; a circumstance 
most cheering and encouraging to the veterinary man of culti- 
vated mind and gentlemanly habits. 
With what decided advantages may the present race of sur¬ 
geons now commence their practice on leaving the schools, com¬ 
pared with those ere The Veterinarian was launched into 
being. They had then no light but what was gained at St. Pancras: 
