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cessarily artificial state ; and consequently, that all 

 terms implying perfection, must be qualified by 

 reference to liis acquired habits and intended use ; 

 but if, having regard to the purpose for which he 



■without censure. I have done the author no injury, however, for 

 though his work seems to have been published for nearly five 

 years, it has not yet reached a second edition ; and I can assure 

 him for his comfort, that it is as little know^n in legal circles as I 

 am, thank heaven, in the betting-room at Tattersall's. 



There is another instance of amusing resemblance between the 

 reviewer and the author of the Horseman's Manual, which I 

 cannot forbear quoting. It proves them to be equally " strong 

 in their law." Referring to the case of Broennenburg v. Haycock, 

 hereafter quoted, the reviewer comments on my ignorance in not 

 knowing that this decision had been overruled. I confess my 

 ignorance, and truly grateful should I have felt to my critic, had 

 he enlightened it : but following the example of his friend, the 

 author of the Manual, who quotes two cases of Earle v. Patterson 

 and Taunton v. Adams, for which he gives no authority, my re- 

 view^er in like manner overrules Mr. Justice Burrough's decision, 

 and challenges my law upon his own "distinct recollection" of the 

 case of Paul v. Hardwick ! ! ! He cites no report for it ; quotes no 

 author; gives no abstract even of the facts: but, on his own 

 supreme anonymous authority, consigns the learned judge to all 

 the ignominy of judicial darkness ! I have searched in vain 

 through Harrison's Index of all reported cases for this valuable 

 decision of Paul and Hardwick. But it is difficult to baffle an 



