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is not a member—to guide him in future cases of a similar 
kind: but what is the fact? This Burntisland blacksmith 
publishes a pamphlet on the case, and sends it by post: 
to whom ? One would naturally suppose to the members of 
the Veterinary Profession—the only competent judges of the 
case in question ; but no, this knight of the anvil, Vulcan- 
like, knows better where to strike to injure his opponent, 
than upon men who would analyse his blows, and scorn his 
chaff, which contains no wheat. But to the point: to whom 
does Andrew Calley send these books on cases of difficult 
parturition ? Why, to farmers, to gentlemen, to members 
of the Highland Agricultural Society ; these are the men he 
treats to his books, for what purpose I shall leave your 
readers to judge for themselves. Were it only Andrew 
Calley writing and publishing such matters, and in such an 
unprecedented manner, one might be content to let it pass 
without a remark, but one must be a novice, indeed, to sup¬ 
pose that a village blacksmith could afford to print pamph¬ 
lets, and send them out by post to different parts of the 
kingdom at his own expense, merely to elicit information as 
to the best way to treat a similar case of difficult parturition. 
The fable of the mountain in labour and bringing forth a 
mouse, is very applicable in this case, and the following 
extract from a letter published in the North British Agri¬ 
culturist for May 9th, I860, by W. Sadler, Esq., a gentle¬ 
man of high standing in the district where the case occurred, 
to whom it appears one of these pamphlets was sent, fully 
proves that even this small mouse has been caught in a trap 
of its own making, and condemned in language so appropriate, 
that to smooth it down would be unjust to the author. The 
letter is headed, “ Malice among Veterinarians,” the first 
clause of which is as follows :—In last week’s paper I 
noticed a long and disparaging article against Professor 
Gamgee, purporting to come from a person called Andrew* 
Calley. The name is the same which was appended to a 
printed pamphlet, dated Burntisland, which I, along with 
others in our district, received through the post some 
months ago, and which appeared to me at the time such a 
piece of dirty and malicious work that I immediately pitched 
it into the grate.” The letter goes on to state that from 
inquiries subsequently made, he has reason to believe that 
Calley did not pen the productions to which his name is 
attached. 
In Mr. Calley’s last communication he puts a great number 
of questions, some to the profession, others to Mr. Gamgee; 
some he answers himself, and some statements are made 
