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dozing off to sleep in his easy chair, let him seek recreation in 
beguiling an hour with Harry. Harry will lead him, in imagina¬ 
tion, once again through the paths he has trodden so oft in his pro¬ 
fessional youthhood, reviving many an old and pleasing recollec¬ 
tion in his breast, and may—who knows—elicit some novel thought 
which turned over and over and thoroughly kneaded in the mind, 
may one day or other turn to useful account. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Sitting of September 14, 1849. 
Present,—The PRESIDENT, the SECRETARY, the TREASURER, 
Messrs. James Turner, Peech, W. Burley, Mayhew, 
Henderson, Arthur Cherry, and Ernes. 
A Special Meeting called to receive the Report from the 
Committee appointed to revise the By-Laws. 
The minutes being read and signed by the President, 
The Secretary stated that the By-Laws Committee having ' 
brought their labours to a conclusion, he had to lay before the 
Council the result, that the whole proposed code had undergone 
revision; that the proposal of the Committee gave, as they then 
stood, 89 clauses, under 23 sectional heads. 
The clauses were then read seriatim, and the first portions, 
with very slight alterations, met the views of the Council: one 
section, relating to the admission of Honorary Members, was struck 
out as inadmissible, and some few others were amended. 
The clause relating to the examinations was read over and dis¬ 
cussed at some length; but it was ultimately decided, on a pro¬ 
position from Mr. Mayhew, that such portion of the proposed By- 
Laws should stand in statu quo for the present, as proceedings 
which were about to be instituted, in all probability, would mate- 
ally affect the consideration of them : they were therefore directed 
to be inserted in the amended report, with a note to that effect. 
Mr. Peech moved, “ that the report as amended be adopted.” 
Mr. James Turner seconded the motion, and said that the Com¬ 
mittee deserved great credit for the manner in which they had 
discharged the labour entrusted to them; and the motion was 
carried. 
