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Nimrod's letters, as bold riders and as accomplished 

 sportsmen as could be found in the Quorn hunt even 

 in its best days. London is not less proverbial for 

 its fine horses than for the beauty of its women and 

 the talents of its men. 



To return to my subject, — I flatter myself that my 

 reader by this time knows his own mind, and duly 

 appreciates the importance of doing so, before he 

 goes into the market ; I will therefore proceed to 

 introduce him to some of my horse-dealing acquain- 

 tance. 



