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TESTIMONIAL TO PROFESSOR MORTON. 
positively be a greater demand for horse-labour. By increasing the 
productive power of the soil, a larger quantity of corn would be raised, 
and of other crops in proportion, which would create an extra demand for 
labour—horse and otherwise. Even the increased quantity of corn would 
require extra horse-strength to carry it to market. 
Having said thus much for the Agricultural Society and the connection 
which it holds with our profession, 1 must turn to another point—the one 
which has been the means of bringing us together to-day. I congratulate 
you all upon having done that which I certainly must consider an honour 
to yourselves as well as to my friend and colleague—for I must still call 
him my colleague—Professor Morton, in presenting him with that 
handsome testimonial which 1 see before me. I knew that he stood high, 
and deservedly so, in the estimation of the profession ; but I certainly did 
not think he stood so high as to receive at your hands so splendid a gift 
as a silver salver of the value of nearly £100, and a purse containing 135 
guineas ; a greater sum than has ever been collected on any similar occasion. 
No one of the present assembly is ignorant of the long services and 
elevated position of the late Professor Coleman. In one sense we are all his 
sons, and as sons, we are exceedingly desirous of doinghonour to his memory. 
There is no one here present, I am sure, who numbers the years that I do 
in connection with the profession, who does not look back upon Professor 
Coleman as a bright ornament of the veterinary profession, and not only 
to it, but to society at large. After something like fifty years’ occupancy 
of the professor’s chair, the members of the profession saw fit to present 
liint v with a testimonial, which consisted of a marble bust, thus perpetuating 
his memory so long as time shall endure, but the amount raised fell far 
short of that which has been now subscribed. 
Again, there was another gentleman connected with the profession 
whose memory we all also revere; I allude to the late Professor Sewell, who 
received at the hands of the profession a testimonial, in the shape of a 
silver tea-service, but the sum which was collected for the purpose fell 
short even of that which had been raised for Professor Coleman. 
The next individual who was thus honoured was the late Mr. Youatt, 
a name identified with the literature of our profession, and one which 
we must respect for many reasons. But standing deservedly high as he 
did in the profession, and among literary men in general, many of whom 
were willing to join the members of our profession in presenting him 
with a testimonial, the amount subscribed fell far short of that which has 
been collected on the present occasion. Besides these, we have our much 
respected Secretary—Mr. Gabriel—who also received a testimonial from 
the profession, but, again, one not of equal value to the present. When, 
therefore, I bring forward these, the only instances in which the profession, 
as a body, singled out an individual to express its feelings towards him, and 
contrast them with the present, I feel that I am justified in saying that you 
have done honour to yourselves in the liberal manner you have responded 
to the call. And if honour has been done to yourselves, I am sure you have 
also done equal honour to the recipient of your bounty. I know he feels 
it as such, deeply feels it, for when thanking you for your kind apprecia¬ 
tion of his labours as one of the teachers in the College, he wanted words 
to express to you the sentiments of his heart. Well, gentlemen, allow 
me to say that, as one of his colleagues, I also feel that this honour is to 
some extent reflected upon every one of those with whom he has been 
so long associated, and I desire to sincerely thank you, therefore, for your 
kindness towards my friend Mr. Morton. I speak thus, because not only 
have we been associated together for a great many years as colleagues, 
but as sincere friends. I may say that we have known each other inti¬ 
mately, and that in most things our feelings and sentiments have fully 
