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THE AGRICULTURIST, AND 
devoted to the veterinary art in all its branches, may be dispersed 
over the kingdom, on whose skill and experience confidence may 
he securely placed.’^ This— the original constitution of the 
Royal Veterinary College, and including the associated sciences 
xohich must necessarily be taught —is every thing that the agri¬ 
culturist can by possibility want. 
What then is required ?—a subversion of the College? No ; 
but that which is occasionally necessary in too many human in¬ 
stitutions—a return to its original and legitimate object. 
A few years ago, when certain lectures were attempted, and cer¬ 
tain publications appeared, on the diseases of cattle, sheep, &c., 
Mr. Coleman announced that his lectures would extend to ‘‘the 
general functions and diseases of other domesticated animals” 
beside the horse; a pledge which has never been to any essetf 
tial purpose redeemed. Mr. Sewell delivers certain lectures 
which profess to include the diseases of cattle and sheep: but 
his lectures are essentially on the surgical treatment of the horse, 
and these are necessarily subsidiary, and can never occupy that 
prominent character which their importance demands. 
WTiat, then, is to be done in this new state of the agricultural 
and veterinary world ? Why—we repeat it—revert to the original 
constitution of the College, which will make the veterinary sur¬ 
geon every thing that he ought, or that the agriculturist can wish 
him to be. 
We have no authority for what we are about to assert,—it arises 
simply from observation, but we think not erroneous observa¬ 
tion, of persons and things ;—that when, in process of time, the 
direction of the College shall fall into other hands, this will be 
cheerfully yielded: and again we say, as in the Association, bless¬ 
ings on the man, whoever he may be, by whom this is effected ! 
but why should not the career of the Professor of forty-six years’ 
standing be nobly closed by such an act of justice to the veteri¬ 
nary surgeon and to the country ? 
As a pleasing sample of the good feeling with which the agri¬ 
culturist and the veterinary surgeon will meet, we will relate an 
occurrence that took place in December last. Mr. James Cor¬ 
bet, after having been a pupil of Professor Dick, and graduated 
