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grow. I don't know if I am bound to take him back, 

 but I am quite willing to do so if you wish it, and 

 there is not another hunter like him in England. 



" According to my intention and the terms of my 

 warranty he should never have left my possession 

 till he was sound. I said I would warrant him 

 sound and deliver him sound, and I expected that 

 whoever got him would have spoken to me on the 

 subject. I intended to take him home, and as soon 

 as he was sound write to whoever bought him to 

 send their V.S. and satisfy themselves as to his 

 soundness. The moment the sale was over I went 

 to the stable to ask who had got him, but I found he 

 was gone, and I could not find where, and by your 

 taking him away you prevented me from delivering 

 him sound as I intended. 



" I have no doubt about his getting sound, but 

 every time you show him to a V.S. who gives a 

 certificate of unsoundness you detract from his value, 

 and if they remove his shoe and pare his foot for 

 their own information, it will take more time to get 

 him sound than I anticipated. 



" I don't want him back, for I don't know what 

 on earth to do with him at Torquay, where I go 

 next week ; but if you wish to get rid of him, and 

 will put him into my stables no worse than when 

 you bought him, Tattersall's shall return your 

 cheque. 



" I will tell you all about him that you may 

 judge of his previous soundness. I got him four 

 years old. The first season I had him we had a 



