96 VETERINARY MEETINGS AND TRANSACTIONS. 
produce, and rendered him useful to and in a manner identified 
with those among whom he would have to live. 
Mr. Sibbald then craved permission to propose the healths of 
two old and valuable members of the profession —Messrs. King 
and Field, seniors. 
Mr. King shortly returned thanks, disclaiming (but the truth 
of the disclaimer no one would allow) any title to the honour 
which had been conferred upon him j and Mr. W. Field, with a 
warmth and open-hearted ness that delighted every one, made 
his acknowledgments. 
The health of the stewards remained. They deserved this 
compliment; for their arrangements were admirably made. 
Mr, Smith returned thanks. He gave a short and well deli¬ 
neated sketch of the obligations of the students to the guests, by 
_whose company they had been honoured. A sense of these ob¬ 
ligations had stimulated them to make their arrangements for 
the comfort and conviviality of the party as perfect as they 
could; and they w'ere pleased and thankful that their conduct 
had given satisfaction. 
The president then, after his usual valedictory address to the 
pupils, describing the four corner-stones—industry, conduct, 
opportunity, and perseverance—on which their prosperity could 
alone be securely founded, took his leave. Mr. Sewell was 
then called to the chair; and when we soon afterwards departed, 
at the witching hour of night, nothing had occurred to inter¬ 
rupt the pleasure and harmony of the meeting. 
At the Anniversary Meeting of the Highland Society of Scot¬ 
land, among other interesting reports, was one of the Edinburgh 
Veterinary School, conducted, under the patronage of that so¬ 
ciety, by our valued friend and coadjutor, Mr. Dick. We have 
great pleasure in copying it:— 
Sir John Hope, the chairman, said, that, not anticipating 
that circumstances would make it necessary for him to fill the 
place he now did, it was to have been his duty to notice the 
Veterinary School to the meeting. It was verij proper for them 
as a body, and as individuals, to promote the amelioration of the 
breeds of their different descriptions of cattle and other stock; but 
if they do not besides take the means of preserving the health of 
stock, they do less iha)i their duty. The school in question, he had 
the pleasure of observing, had originated in a suggestion made 
to the society by a very wmrthy citizen now in the room, Mr. Ro¬ 
bert Johnston, and to the advantages that had resulted from it 
many of them have already had practical experience in different 
