THE EARLY HISTORY AND ORIGINAL CONSTITU¬ 
TION OF THE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
[Continued from p. 207.] 
THE SCHOOL AND PUPILS. 
I. Any person desirous of becoming* a pupil on the foundation 
of the college, must be able to read and to write legibly. Pre¬ 
ference shall be given to those youths who shall have received 
the elements of a good education, and more especially to those 
who have some knowledge of surgery and pharmacy. 
II. Candidates qualified according to the preceding article, 
and not being under the age of fifteen years, nor more than 
twenty-two, shall apply to the secretary, to whom they shall 
deliver a paper, containing their names, age, and place of abode ; 
and the secretary shall refer the same to the next meeting of the 
council or superintending committee. The limitation of the age 
is not extended to practitioners in medicine or surg'ery, or to 
persons having made some progress in those studies. 
III. The pupils on the foundation of the college, shall be 
appointed by the council; and care shall be taken, as much as 
possible, to admit them from different counties, for the purpose 
of disseminating the science. 
IV. When a pupil is admitted on the foundation of the col¬ 
lege, he shall engage to remain so long in the college as an as¬ 
sistant, as shall be required by the council, not exceeding tw o 
years, and shall give security to the college for that purpose ; 
and for his proper conduct during that time: but he shall be at 
liberty to retire, on paying to the college so much as he would 
have done not being on the foundation. 
V. Persons qualified according to rules. No. I and II w ill be 
admitted into the college on paying tw enty guineas, which w ill 
constitute them perpetual pupils. 
VI. Pupils on the foundation, who appear to have a taste for 
drawing, shall have a master to instruct them. The other pupils 
may also attend such master upon paying for such instruction. 
OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE STUDIES. 
Although the particular distribution of the studies shall be 
referred to the judgment of the professor, yet the general order 
of them shall be nearly as follows :— 
The knowledge of the animal economy being indispensable 
to those who would make any progress in the art of healing, the 
pupils should be first instructed in Zootomy. 
First Course .—The study of zootomy shall begin on the 1st 
