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all about mad dogs, that Turk was mad, that his blood was 
not red, but yellow, approaching to green ; and when told 
that the animal belonged to the doctor, he said, “ So much 
the worse for him; but had it been the Emperor’s, I would 
have had him killed.” The widow Guizard called thirty-six 
witnesses, who gave poor Turk such a character as any 
Christian might be proud of; but one, a chevalier of the 
Legion of Honour, took a different line; he declared the dog 
to have been an absolute poltroon, and said, "If I had not 
feared to hurt the feelings of Dr. Guizard, who was attached 
to the animal, I should have said as much to him.” A pro¬ 
fessor of the College of Gueret spoke in eloquent terms 
of Turk, and, as the reporter of the Droit put it, "strewed, 
as it were, some flowers on his tomb.” Two printed state¬ 
ments, one of which ran to the extent of thirty pages, were 
circulated in connection with the affair. The Court of 
Limoges reversed the decision of the inferior tribunal, but 
left the appellants to pay one third of the expenses of 
the suit, which are declared to amount to 1500 francs. 
Madame Guizard will pay rather dear for the misfortune 
which befell poor Turk. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
ROYAL ARTILLERY. 
G. Evans, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon. 
J. Meyrick, Gent., to be Veterinary Surgeon. 
OBITUARY. 
In the monthly military obituary, we find the death of 
Veterinary Surgeon Joseph Ball, Royal Artillery, announced. 
His diploma bears date Slay oth, 1S52, Edinburgh. 
We have also been informed of the death of Mr. J. T. 
Cockrane, of the Royal Artillery. He died at Dum Dum, 
near Calcutta, of dysentery. His diploma bears date London, 
April 27th, J848. Likewise of Mr. T. Overton, of Merthyr 
Tydvil, who obtained the diploma of the same school in 1845. 
