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judge by my horse, they were going at the rate of nine 

 miles an hour, on a very indifferent road. On being ob- 

 served by a friend, he told me that he had seen this humble 

 vehicle on its way to the course in the morning, pass sev- 

 eral carriages and four. . Upon asking the owner about his 

 animal, he informed me that he had gone three miles in 

 fifteen minutes with him, and he was certain he could do it 

 in less time ; at the same time I learned that he was a black- 

 smith, residing at Mitcham, in Surrey. 'Do you keep 

 your ass on the common V I asked. * Oh no,' he replied, 

 * he has never lodged out of my stable for three years, and 

 he eats as good oats and beans as your horse does/ * It 

 is accounted for,' said I to my friend ; so we pulled up 

 our horses, and gave ' Neddy' the road." 



