GbS THE VETERINARY SCHOOLS EVERYWHERE! 
from other fellow-labourers in the veterinary profession some- • 
times were very sparing and scarce, and Mr. Youatt was obliged 
to incite them to industry. It is really no small undertaking to 
produce from four to five sheets full of novel and interesting mat¬ 
ter every month at a given time. On this account Mr. Percivall 
found it necessary to commence with monthly papers on the ana¬ 
tomy of the horse ; and Mr. Youatt followed these up by his lec¬ 
tures on domesticated animals. By these means they had always 
an interesting subject in each number, and their writings served 
to make them, every month, more known and more justly appre¬ 
ciated. It is to be wished that some of his London fellow prac¬ 
titioners would give the present editor more assistance ; for they 
must, without doubt, have many opportunities of making inte¬ 
resting and valuable observations. But how often does it hap¬ 
pen that a prophet is least heard of in his own country ! 
In the leading article in No. 123, for March 1838, we find 
that the editor expresses the hope of being able speedily to 
establish a correspondence in the very heart of Germany. We 
cordially second this wish. We would have a free, a friendly 
intercourse between us—-pleasing, useful, and honourable. Our 
veterinary literature is almost unknown in England j and the 
English literature, until lately, was unknown here. Both of 
us too often think that we have made some discovery, while the 
same thing has long been known among our foreign brethren.” 
Magaziri fur die Gesammte Thierhielkunde, 1838, p. 384. 
With cordiality, and with many, many thanks, we accept the 
friendly challenge of our continental brethren. Our good 
wishes, our mutual esteem, our successful labours in our com¬ 
mon cause—may every revolving year witness their stability 
and their increase I Our brethren abroad, and from all parts of 
the continent, occasionally visit our island: under what obliga¬ 
tion would they lay us, if they would give us the opportunity 
of telling them, personally, in what high consideration we hold 
them I 
We trust that our readers will be gratified by the improve¬ 
ment and increased value of the future numbers of The Vete¬ 
rinarian. Our staunch and kind contributors will enable it to 
maintain its ground as long as it deserves their support. 
