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the list, and all took their part in the contest until the last mo¬ 
ment. These were, 
MM. Lecoq, chef de service at the school at Lyons 
.... Prince ditto at the school at Toulouse 
Rigot ^ ditto at the school at Alfort 
.... Delatond) 
.... Vogeli, army veterinary surgeon. 
The situation for which they were candidates was a division 
of the professorship of anatomy. M. Rigot, who was here on 
his own favourite ground, and who knew well how^ to maintain 
himself there, nevertheless had formidable antagonists in some 
of his fellow competitors ; but he fully sustained, in the various 
examinations of the concours, that reputation which he had so 
justly acquired as a distinguished anatomist, and shewed him¬ 
self, in every respect, worthy of the palm awarded him by the 
j^ry. 
. MM. Prince and Delafond, of equal merit, and whose nume¬ 
rous scientific works have already ranked them among the first 
veterinary surgeons, were rivals worthy to enter the lists with M. 
Rigot, and they acquired fresh laurels. 
M. Prince particularly distinguished himself in edl the oral 
examinations, and possesses qualifications which promise to our 
schools an excellent professor at some future period. To the 
merit of a clear and methodical exposition of the matters on 
which he treats, he adds, to a very great degree, that of giving his 
ideas with a clearness, a precision, and a felicity of expression, 
which we cannot too highly praise ; but the habit which he has, 
and for which we certainly do not blame him, of considering the 
subject of which he is speaking in the most comprehensive and 
general manner possible, makes him sometimes neglect details 
which are dry, it is true, but which are not destitute of import¬ 
ance. 
If M. Prince is listened to with pleasure by all who love to 
see truly philosophical ideas adopted as the basis, and made the 
common bond between all the natural sciences, M. Delafond 
knew how, in a different manner, to attract as deep attention, 
and to gain the suffrages of his auditors. One object seemed to 
govern all the oral examinations of this candidate, viz. that of 
seizing and developing the divers portions of science of which he 
spoke at their point of contact with veterinary practice ; and 
this he did with a degree of truth and tact which characterized 
the judicious observer, and at once betrayed the author of some 
excellent articles on pathology, with which our journal has been 
during some years enriched. M. Delafond also distinguished 
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