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sistance : in another sense, he was wrong; and there was a 
cold-heartedness about the observation w^hich disgusted us, and 
we told him so as bluffly as he had lectured us. 
However, we were anxious somewhat to alter the state of 
things^; we wanted one fellow-labourer more, on whose assist¬ 
ance we might rely at times when the work pressed heavily 
upon us; whose established professional reputation would add 
weight to our journal; and whose known liberality and honour¬ 
able feeling would be a satisfactory pledge, if it w'ere w^anted, 
as to the principles on which that journal would hereafter be 
conducted. 
We were not long in searching for such a co-operator. The 
name of Mr. Dick, the founder of the Edinburgh school, was 
the first to present itself to our minds ; and one of us, journey¬ 
ing to Edinburgh on other business, after a little cautiously 
feeling his way (for, in proportion to the value which we at¬ 
tached to his consent, would have been our mortification at a 
refusal) proposed the thing to Mr. Dick. The distance between 
us was adverted to by him as an objection ; but the facilities 
for rapid and frequent intercourse afforded by the mail were 
brought forward in answer. Constant occupation was urged as a 
stronger objection. We had seen and gloried in the truth of this 
plea : the time of our friend was, indeed, fully occupied—to a 
less strong mind we should have said, painfully occupied—by 
his school and by his practice : but we replied, that it was 
hard if a few moments could not be stolen for a kindred pur¬ 
pose ; and, it was asked whether that very employment did not 
take for granted another duty—the record of important facts ; and 
where could they be more usefully kept than in a journal like 
TheVeterinarian? The validity of a third plea w^e did not, 
and no friend of Mr. Dick’s would, allow for a single instant. 
There was no coquetry about the thing ; the consent of the 
Scottish Professor was promptly and cheerfully given. 
Our ambition was now gratified ; but having occasion to ad¬ 
dress Mr. Castley on a professional subject, we took the oppor¬ 
tunity to hint at the paucity of contributors to our periodical, 
and begged him to think of us when inclination and leisure 
