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not glandered, is in good condition, and fit for work: 
Mr. G. Williams, Mr. Philip Hempson, Mr. W. H. Kent, 
Mr. B. Simmonds, and Mr. R. Vines. 
That Professor Varnell might have an opportunity of 
examining him without suspecting he was the horse he had 
condemned for glanders, and ought, in his opinion on the 
2oth of September, to be immediately destroyed, I had him 
presented for examination through Mr. E. Martin, com 
merchant, who received the following certificate: 
“ Royal Veterinary College, 
Great College Street, 
Camden Town ; 
Jan. 1 4th, 1859. 
“ I certify that I have examined a brown horse for Mr. 
E. Martin, and find that he is unsound from bone spavin on 
the off hock, attended with lameness; he is blind of the near 
eye; he makes a noise in his breathing termed roaring, and 
there are scars on the septum of the nasal passages, and 
also an enlargement of the submaxillary glands. I further 
notice that his hoofs before are brittle and shelly. 
(Signed) (i G. Varnell, Assistant-Professor.” 
I may in conclusion add, that the horse is open to the 
inspection of the public on application to me. He may be 
seen in one of the Westminster omnibuses, while at work, 
from 11 to 2 o’clock every day. 
Letter from Assistant-Professor Varnell, relating 
TO THE ABOVE COMMUNICATION. 
Gentlemen, —Allow me to thank you for your kindness 
in placing in my hands a communication you have received 
from Mr. Dollar, V.S., respecting a horse examined by me 
in September last, and which I then pronounced to be 
glandered, adding that, in my opinion, he ought at once to be 
destroyed. 
At the time mentioned I examined a brown horse, low 
in condition, at the request of a police magistrate, and from 
the symptoms I observed, I had every reason to believe that 
the animal was glandered, and gave a certificate to that 
effect. Upon this, it appears, the magistrate acted; and 
if the decision should have proved injurious to Mr. Dollar, 
I can only express my regret; it was, however, an act of 
a public officer, over which I could have no control. My 
opinion was an unbiassed one, and given with candour; 
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