IN SEARCH OF A HORSE. 333 



is domesticated, and to the discipline both moral and 

 physical, to which he is subjected to qualify him for 

 those purposes, the horse is capable of performing 

 them satisfactorily, with comfort and safety both to 

 his o^yneY and to himself, he should be considered 

 sound. It is to be observed however, that in con- 

 sidering this point, regard must be had to the man- 

 ner in which he is to be employed ; for nothing is 

 more common than for the purchaser to use his horse 

 in novel duties, such as a gig horse for the field, or a 

 hunter for the road ; and this sudden change of his 

 accustomed habits perhaps superinduces or elicits in- 

 firmities, or even disease, to which the horse might 

 long have remained a stranger had he continued in 

 his ordinary occupation. Yet, if such disease or 



attorney in case-hunting ! I have at length found this case of 

 Paul I'. Hardwick. It is in Dodsley's Annual ILegister! ! I need 

 scarcely quote from an authority like this for the benefit of my 

 legal readers : others who only read law for amusement will find 

 much more in the daily reports from the Courts of Request ; but 

 n'trnporte, the learned critic is not only " strong," but omnipotent 

 " in his law ;" and I bow to his learning with respect. 



For his other criticisms I feel obliged to him ; some of them 

 have been of essential service to me, as the improvements in this 

 edition will show. 



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