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ANOTHER CASE OF MELANOSIS. 
By John YOUNGHUSBAND, V.S., Greystoke. 
Dear Sir,—I find by The Veterinarian for May that I have 
eiiher made a gross mistake in my paper by not expressing my¬ 
self properly, or perhaps you have misunderstood my meaning. I 
believe I expressed myself somehow in this manner,—that I had 
written out the case more as a private correspondence than as one 
to appear before the public, i. e. in the manner set forth in the 
paper; but that you were able to sift it, and might use it as you 
thought proper*. I likewise must beg to say, that I have always 
been so highly respected by the Editors of The Veterinarian, 
that it would be a most unwarrantable piece of arrogance in me to 
offer or to presume to make out a case to which I am afraid to have 
my name attached, especially as I can vouch for the truth of the 
statements. For the future, I must try to explain myself better, 
and subscribe myself, 
Your ever respected, though personally unknown friend, 
John Younghusband. 
To the Editor of The Veterinarian. 
I shall give you another history which, if of any value, pray use 
as you please. It is another case of Melanosis which was brought 
to me for my opinion, and which, as respects appearances, will turn 
out to be a formidable case. The subject of examination was a 
fine light-coloured horse, inclined to a roan, possessing as fine 
symmetry, strong bone, and good action, as any horse I have seen 
for a length of time. He belongs to a young surgeon in our neigh¬ 
bourhood with whom I am upon intimate terms, having been made 
acquainted with his family through business. To give a complete 
history, or even to attempt one, of the horse’s life, I suppose would 
be superfluous, or of little consequence; suffice it to say, he was 
formerly the property of the young man’s father for several years, 
and was used generally as a traveller’s horse in business, a duty 
he performed to every rider’s satisfaction. Subsequently he passed 
into the hands of Sir George Musgrave, Bart., of Eden Hall, who 
* From the tone of our old and much esteemed correspondent’s former 
letter, we must confess we had our misgivings concerning the publication of 
the case of melanosis—some particulars of which are given in the Leader of 
our Number for March—in his name ; and therefore it was that we, rather 
than our readers should lose such valuable matter, most reluctantly, gave the 
case anonymously.— Ed. Vet. 
