556 THE YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
one of that of the latter, or even that of the wild rabbit; it 
has a peculiar flavour, not unlike that of the wing of the 
turkey, it is said. It is generally preferred to that of the wild 
rabbit. In a zoological point of view, as much as in an econo¬ 
mical, the production of the leporide is a great hit, and a 
service rendered to public alimentation, while agriculture 
will hail it as useful and beneficial. The wild rabbit becomes, 
at times, a great nuisance. The tame rabbit, as an article of 
consumption, is very inferior; the leporide gives a more 
abundant aliment, is economically obtained, and of a better 
flavour. These results are well known at Charente, and to 
all who frequent the market at Angouleme, where they are 
in great demand, and much appreciated. This hybrid race 
has lost nothing after from twelve to fifteen generations. 
M. Braca says that, on the contrary, they are finer and more 
perfect. They are superior in beauty and size to either of 
their progenitors. Abstracting all scientific considerations, 
M. Roux has obtained an important practical result; he has 
created a new breed, destined, probably, to become common, 
and be of great public service .—Journal of the Agricultural 
Society of Brabant. 
THE YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Quarterly Meeting of this Society was held at the 
Crown Hotel, Low Harrogate, on Monday, 11th ult. 
The President, Mr. E. C. Dray, Leeds, in the chair. 
The following gentlemen were also present: Messrs. Fryer, 
Seeker, Bale, Seeker, of Ripon, Pratt, Taylor, Danby, 
Holmes, jun., Naylor, Howell, Lord, Smith, Greaves, Carter, 
and the Secretary. 
Mr. Bowman, Howden, and Mr. Schofield, Pontefract, 
were elected members of the society. 
The President made some remarks on a case that had 
occurred in the practice of the Secretary. 
The Secretary then drew the attention of the Members to 
an instance, reported in the Veterinarian, of a member of the 
profession being mulcted in heavy damages through alleged 
malpractice in a cdSe of parturition in a mare. After delibe¬ 
rate consideration, a resolution was unanimously passed, 
instructing the Secretary to write to that gentleman, Mr. 
M. B. Forbes, Reigate, Surrey,—expressing the sympathy of 
