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OBITUARY. 
Trade is computed at £2,000,000 sterling per annum, and 
£4,000,000 of guano, bones, and portable manures, and 
probably four times that value of farm-yard manure, is ex¬ 
pended on the lands of the British Isles. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret to announce the death of the father of the 
profession, Mr. Bracy Clark, F.L.S., and member of the 
Institute of France. He died on the 16 th ult., at the almost 
patriarchal age of nearly 90. His diploma bears date 
July 5, 1794. 
Mr. B. Clark was among the earliest of the pupils of the 
Royal Veterinary College, and we have heard ‘him say that 
he led the first horse into that establishment. After the 
death of the first professor, M. St. Bel, for some time he 
superintended the medical department of the institution ; and 
this, no doubt, directed his attention to the then chaotic state 
of veterinary medicine, and induced him to write his * Phar¬ 
macopoeia Equina/ which, with his many other works— 
these being more numerous and more varied than those of 
any other veterinary author—will cause him to stand high in 
the estimation and remembrance of the profession. 
To blend science with practice appeared to have been his 
desire, and his investigations into the functions of the foot of 
the horse, however different were the conclusions he came to 
from those of others, stamp him as an original and ingenious 
thinker; while the introduction of more scientific terms, 
both for certain parts of the organ and its diseases, than 
those employed before, was a proof of his educational acquire¬ 
ments and his literary abilities. It cannot but be said, that 
he has left abundant proofs of his endeavours to advance the 
veterinary profession behind him. May others emulate his 
example; for “ by it, he being dead, yet speaketh.” 
We have been informed of the -death of Mr. Simon 
Mortlock, M.R.C.S., of Adelaide, South Australia. His 
diploma bears date May 9> 1837. 
Thus, old and young must obey the saddening summons 
when it comes. 
“ Take them, 0 Death ! and bear away 
Whatever thou canst call, thine own! 
Thine image, stamped upon the clay, 
Doth give thee that, but that alone !” 
