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learned doctors" may be pleased to set the matter in. And now, 
gentlemen, pray, 
“ Who is to decide when doctors disagree ?” 
It is written, that a certain person (with whom, I trust, gentle¬ 
men, none of you have any acquaintance) “ can quote even 
Scripture to serve his wicked purposes what then might any 
one of you do on the present occasion to serve yours, did you 
feel so iniquitously disposed ? In what a dilemma, gentlemen, 
have these learned doctors set us ! What shall I, what can 1 
do, creditably to extricate myself in counselling you ? It is not 
for me, gentlemen, or for you, to pretend to any technical know¬ 
ledge of the habits or vices, or diseases of horses; nor to enter 
into the abstruse veterinary subjects of soundness or unsound - 
ness ; we have only to suffer ourselves to be guided by the na¬ 
ture and value of the evidence adduced: but where that is of such 
indefinite and irreconcilable a description as the present is, pray 
how r can we make such use of it ? I repeat, gentlemen, pray, what 
is to be done ? How are the merits of the present case to be deter¬ 
mined in accordance with law and justice ? 
The only expedient 1 can hit upon for your direction and 
guidance, is, that as the professional evidence is such as to 
place itself hors de combat , you will suffer the question to turn 
simply upon this point,—viz. whether the dealer or the gentle¬ 
man be, in all likelihood and probability, the abused party ; and, 
accordingly, as you are of opinion that one party or the other is, 
for that party you will, I trust, feel disposed'to find your ver¬ 
dict. 
His lordship w as about to proceed, when the jury interposed, 
saying, their minds were made up. 
Lord Tenterden. —You find for the gentleman, the plaintiff? 
A juror. —Yes, my lord. 
THE EARLY HISTORY AND ORIGINAL CONSTITU¬ 
TION OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
[Continued from p. 149.] 
REGULATIONS OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
I. I he establishment shall consist of a society and school, to 
be called the Veterinary College. 
II. Ihe business of the society shall be conducted by a presi¬ 
dent, twelve vice-presidents, twenty-four directors, and a trea¬ 
surer, forming a council; in whom shall be lodged the whole 
executive power of the college, subject to the controul of the 
members at large in general meetings. 
HI. The president, vice-presidents, and treasurer, shall be 
