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MR. COWIE IN REPLY 
ing more particularly the cuticular portion. The bowels were 
inflamed in a minor degree, as well as the lungs and liver. 
Gastritis, I believe, is rather a rare complaint among horses. 
I never witnessed before a case with the same symptoms* and 
post-mortem appearances; and the striking alteration the mare 
presented in her appearance on the second and fourth day from 
that of the first and third, deserves note. I at first thought that 
the mare was affected with the peculiar fever (gastro-enterites) 
that existed somewhat in this neighbourhood during the spring, 
and much in the summer of last year; but the symptoms, after 
the first day, were decidedly different. The cause of the disease 
I should ascribe to the mare being taken from grass, and fed with 
dry and stimulating food without any preparation. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian .” 
Gentlemen, 
I send you an answer to Mr. Dick’s criticism on me. Had 
he conducted it upon a fair principle, or had shewn any just 
cause for making any criticism or comments at all, I should not 
have been justifiable, perhaps, in troubling you. But it must be 
quite evident to all who have read Mr. Dick’s account, that, 
with the load of accusation and abuse heaped upon me by him, I 
cannot appear again in The Veterinarian as a respectable, or 
even honest writer, without first endeavouring to clear myself of 
such imputations. I trust, and indeed have no doubt, that 
the publication of the following statements will have the desired 
effect. I must, therefore, particularly request you will do me the 
favour, I had almost said the justice, to insert it in the ensuing 
number of The Veterinarian. 
I remain, respectfully yours, 
James Cowie. 
Mains of Halkerton, Kincardineshire, N.B. 
Oct. 2, 1832. 
In the last Number of The Veterinarian I find some re¬ 
marks by Mr. Dick, of Edinburgh, intended as a criticism upon 
a report of a case of jurisprudence, which you did me the honor 
to insert some months ago. But so far removed from the spirit 
of just and honest criticism towards my report do I conceive Mr. 
Dick’s remarks to be, that, in duty to myself, I am bound to 
make a few observations upon them, which I hope will free me 
* The symptoms were different from those described bv Mr. Blaine. 
