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ever attend the meetings of the different associations without 
being advantaged by them. They will become both wiser and 
better men, and the impressions they receive will be commu¬ 
nicated to others, so that in the end that cordial union will be 
brought about which is in every sense a desideratum. We 
consequently view this movement on the part of our profes¬ 
sional brethren with much satisfaction, commend them highly 
for taking the initiative in their several localities, and wish 
them every possible success. Moreover, we have the grati¬ 
fication of knowing that they will not long stand alone. 
We have been informed of efforts being made in other 
counties to form similar associations, and we rejoice in the 
knowledge thereof. As progress is made, we hope from 
time to time to be privileged to record it. Our pages shall 
ever be open to receive their reports, convinced that they 
must tend to the promotion of that which we have so long 
advocated, and from which rich and abundant fruit cannot 
fail to be derived. Hitherto too much indifference has 
been manifested, and an apathetic spirit, almost amounting 
to torpidity, has crept over the body, which we think we 
perceive some signs of being now thrown off. Some cor- 
ruscations of the silver lining of the cloud are being emitted 
which we accept as bright precursors of the future of the 
profession. It is time it should be so. May all, and more 
than all that we anticipate, be realised. 
Extracts from British and Foreign Journals. 
THE LATE OUTBREAK OE SMALLPOX IN SHEEP. 
Testimonial to Mr. Joseph Parry. 
Our readers—especially those who are flockmasters—will 
not have forgotten the extraordinary and virulent disease, 
called smallpox, which made its appearance amongst the 
flocks in the neighbourhood of Devizes during the summer of 
1862. It was a disease which created great alarm at the time 
