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gotten, but which is not the less real and solemn to the 
Christian. 
There are also high considerations, naturally arising out 
of the study of veterinary science, which I may not pass 
over in silence. Cicero, writing of the variety of animals 
and their diverse habits as proofs of the existence of a 
Deity, says— 
“Let us proceed from celestial to terrestrial things. What 
is there in them which does not prove the principle of an 
intelligent nature? . . . What a vast variety is there of 
animals! and how wonderfully is every kind adapted to 
preserve itself! Some are covered with hides, some clothed 
with fleeces, and some guarded with bristles; some are 
sheltered with feathers, some with scales; some are armed 
with horns, and some are furnished with wings to escape 
from danger. Nature hath also liberally and plentifully pro¬ 
vided for all animals their proper food; I could expatiate on 
the judicious and curious formation and disposition of their 
bodies for the reception and digestion of it, for all their 
interior parts are so framed and disposed that there is 
nothing superfluous, nothing that is not necessary for the 
preservation of life. Besides, nature has also given these 
beasts appetite and sense, in order that by the one they may 
be excited to procure sufficient sustenance and by the other 
they may distinguish what is noxious from what is salu¬ 
tary. . . /’* 
Shall it be said that the Christian veterinary student is 
less open to these higher teachings of nature, which come so 
immediately under his eye, than the pagan philosopher? 
Well did the Psalmist sing, and so also let us sing— 
“ Beasts and all cattle—worms and feathered 
FOWL-YOUNG MEN AND OLD-PRAISE THE NAME OF 
the Lord, for His name only is excellent and Ills 
praise above heaven and earth." 
A CASE OF TUMOUR IN THE BRAIN OF A 
HORSE. 
By W. P. Toll, M.R.C.V.S., Lichfield. 
The subject of the following report was a bay cart-horse, 
nine years old, in good condition, the property of a gentleman 
in this neighbourhood, which was brought to me for treat¬ 
ment on Saturday, the 6th of September last. 
* c On the Nature of the Gods/ Bk. 2, § xlvii. 
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