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" She warn't gi'oggy, by no means : very queer 

 about the eyes, but Jem sold her because she 

 kicked the splinter bar in two." 



Blind, lame, and vicious ! I thought it an act 

 of common charity to tell the purchaser. He 

 received the news with horror : found no warranty 

 in his receipt, and resold the brute ere he left the 

 yard, for five pounds, twelve shilings, and six- 

 pence ! 



Public sales are dangerous places for sellers as 

 well as buyers. A learned barrister, well known 

 in the literary world for his critical acumen, sent 

 his horse to the Bazaar for sale by auction. Being 

 well aware of the tricks of such markets, and dis- 

 trustful of the honesty of any pufiing agent, he 

 attended the sale himself, and carefully noted the 

 number of his lot in his pocket-book. He felt not 

 a little pleased at the horse's spirited entree when 

 ushered up the ride, and still more gratified at 

 the auctioneer's ingenuity in painting his merits, 

 though utterly at a loss to guess where the deuce 

 he had learnt them. He had purchased the animal 

 a week before for forty guineas, and hitherto had 

 not discovered a single redeeming quality to com- 



