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only for one purpose, and may not be worth anything 

 for any other work. But if he fulfils the warranty by 

 being a good hunter, he does all that can be naturally 

 expected of him. Good hunters are often useless for 

 hackney- work. 



August, 18 . 



Received of , fifty guineas, for 



a grey gelding, warranted sound, with the exception of 

 , and upon which I warrant he 

 has gone sound from to 



and up to the time of my giving this receipt. He is 

 quiet in harness and a good hackney. D. E. 



Here the warranty, as far as the doubtful part, runs 

 back to a given time upon the length of time that the 

 horse has gone free from inconvenience, and you place 

 your reliance upon his continuing to do so. If, there- 

 fore, you find that he has been lame on the excepted 

 part within the period named, he is returnable but not 

 otherwise this defect of lameness having been par- 

 ticularly specified in the warranty. 



It will be readily perceived that any particular vice, 

 vices, or defects, whether of eyes, limbs, wind, &c. See., 

 may be thus excepted ; therefore, one more example 

 will suffice. 



September, 18 . 



Received of , the sum of 



guineas, for a black horse, sixteen hands high, 



warranted sound, with the exception of an enlargement 



