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EDITORIAL REMARKS. 
served. That brought the friendly, energetic, beautiful letter, 
which has been inserted at p. 82. He intended it to be the 
leader to our last number. Little did we think that it was the 
last communication we, or the veterinary world, would receive 
from him. 
Such a communication, unasked for, unexpected, was, truly 
welcome to us, and it gave rise to new thoughts — We 
have one coadjutor already secured—a host in himself ; but, if 
Castley enters thus warmly into our cause, may there not be 
others as zealous as he, and would it not be policy to bind them 
to us ? Does not this letter call upon us to follow up what we , 
have begun?’’ We sat down, and we looked anxiously over 
the list of our profession, and each name passed in review before 
us again and again. In such an enterprise we must have uni¬ 
on—almost perfect identity of sentiment—as well as strength ; 
it would be useless to add to the number of sticks if we could 
not bind them together. 
There were names esteemed, beloved, that would strike the 
eye first, when we opened certain pages; and papers bearing 
those names had, once or twice, enriched our Journal, and truly 
so. The writers of those papers could again enrich our journal 
beyond all price ; but would they do so ? Would they coalesce 
with us? Would they heartily and laboriously co-operate with 
us ? 
There were others, whose contributions have been more nume¬ 
rous, and equally valuable; but has there been no coquetry with 
another profession ? Will they be stanch to the back-bone to 
The Veterinarian and its noble purpose? 
There were yet, others, and talented they were, too, who would 
fight for us through thick and thin; but should we be always 
able to restrain the superabundance of their honest glowing ar¬ 
dour in a good cause ? 
There were yet others talented, energetic; but they were 
scarcely yet known to their veterinary brethren, and it was re¬ 
quisite that the lapse of a few years should prove that the im¬ 
passioned warmth of youth had settled into the fixed purpose 
of the heart. We feel it necessary to make this confession,— 
