OBSERVATIONS. 13 



it in their power to be much better accommo- 

 dated. 



Since the original publication of this work, 

 obje<ftions having been llarted to the above 

 mode of explanation, as not only too concife 

 for the magnitude of the iubje<fl, but equally 

 inadequate to the exped:ation of the young and 

 inexperienced, who becarr.e inquirers more 

 from the motive of information than amufe- 

 ment ; I ihall endeavour to obviate that difap- 

 pointment, by entering more ninutely into the 

 defcripthe qualifications, and clearly point out 

 the advantages arifing from cixumfpecTtion to 

 juvenile adventurers in the eqieftrian field of 

 fortune. Exclufive of the be:bre-mentioned 

 clafs of enlightened pupils, whohave improved 

 their theoretic knowledge by ^radical expe- 

 rience and difpofition upon the well-worn 

 hacks of Eton, Oxford^ and Canbridgey (en- 

 abling themfelves to animadvert upon fplents, 

 fpavins, windgalls, and ftrains) it mull be 

 confefled there are innumerable inferiors who 

 having unluckily no experimentil knowledge 

 to improve upon, no advantage t» avail them- 

 felves of but literary inflru6tion, c dear-bought 

 experience, it is undoubtedly jul fach advice ' 



fliould 



