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One among our own number, and known to many of us, 
concurring with the immortal bard, has likened it to a 
stage, and says— 
“ The shifting scene 
May change, and change the actors, but the play 
Is still the same, and the things that come between 
The cradle and the grave, repeat to-day 
The same old moral taught in ages pass’d away.” 
But we have said we are contented, nor do we in the 
least despond; contrariwise, we look upon what has been 
effected with the utmost satisfaction. We perceive that our 
list of contributors has continued steadily to increase. We 
have therefore to thank our friends, and our heart accom¬ 
panies the expression, for their support and confidence. To 
several we have been, and still are, indebted for a series of 
papers on subjects full of interest to the profession. Mr. 
Ernes has also uninterruptedly given us important transla¬ 
tions from the foreign veterinary publications, by which not 
only have our pages been enriched, but we have been enabled 
to see the advance the profession is making on the Continent; 
while at the same time they show, by comparison, the 
position in which we stand. Knowing that these continuous 
papers were of great worth, and approved of by the pro¬ 
fession, we ventured a short time since to make an appeal 
to the body that some one would take a subject up, as 
others had done; and we have now the gratification of 
announcing that one of our most esteemed correspondents has 
promised us a series of papers on some very important diseases 
affecting the horse, the first of which will appear shortly. 
As in years gone by, we have laid the periodicals in 
connexion with the collateral sciences—several of which 
we exchange with—under contribution to our Journal, our 
object being the maintenance of the status to which it has 
attained, and a desire to promote the onward march of 
the profession. Our aim, of course, has been to accumu¬ 
late facts, which may serve as centres for others to cluster 
around; so that by them we may hereafter be enabled to 
tide over obstacles which may present themselves, whether 
they appertain to the treatment of diseases, or that which 
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