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CRIB-BITING. 
In the centre of this ridge is a slight groove,for the reception 
of the longitunidal sinus, and which groove may be traced along 
the whole extent of the parietal to the tentorium. The inner 
plate of the bone on either is studded with depressions corres¬ 
ponding with irregularities on the surface of the brain. 
I have been compelled to detain you to-night with a dry detail 
of osteology, and so I am afraid I must for one or two lectures 
to come: after that, we shall probably be able to proceed more 
pleasantly together. 
CRIB-BITING. 
To the Editors of “ The Veterinarian.” 
Gentlemen, 
You have reported the case, lately tried in the Court of 
King's Bench (Paul v. Hardwick) of crib-bitingbeing unsoundness, 
and you have commented briefly upon it; but you have not in¬ 
cluded in your account what, it strikes me, would have been 
Lord Tenterden’s address to the jury, had not time and circum¬ 
stances constrained his Lordship to suppress it. I therefore send 
you the oration, in hopes of seeing it in print on the first of 
April: that, being* “ April-fools’-day,’' may not be considered an 
inauspicious occasion to publish accounts which look but too 
much like making April-fools of us poor veterinarians altogether. 
Your's, 
One of the Cloth, 
Gentlemen of the Jury, 
You are summoned together, on the present occasion, to 
decide on a point bearing upon veterinary science, of consider¬ 
able importance in horse-traffic, not only from the annoying 
frequency of its occurrence, but also from the various and 
different lights in which it is viewed by professional men, as well 
as by horse-dealers and horsemen. And, gentlemen, I fear you 
will experience more than ordinary difficulty in forming your 
verdict on the case before you, not less from the conflicting and 
contradictory nature of the evidence (and that professional evi¬ 
dence, too) which you have just heard given, than from the 
nature of the case itself, which is one of that description that 
may be, or may not be, harmless or detrimental, depending upon 
its degree and duration, coupled with the circumstances by which 
it is attended. It is this importance, invested as it is in profes¬ 
sional intricacy, that incites me to an attempt to see if I cannot 
be of some service to you in removing those obstacles that stand 
in the way of your verdict. 
