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fliould be inculcated as may tend to prevent 

 their becoming dupes to the various traps of 

 impofition eternally o}en to plunder the un- 

 wary. 



in refpeft then to the abfolutej^^/>^j mahey 

 ^w^ figure of a horfe, fuch rules ihall be laid 

 down for the fele(Sion, or choice in purchafe, 

 as it will be indifpenfibly neceflary to adhere 

 to, \i fpeedi ftren^th, or beauty ^ (commonly 

 termed fafhion) a'e the objedls of cdnfideration j 

 though it maybe juftly believed an almoft en- 

 tire impoffibilit/ to procure a horfe with all 

 thofe points anc advantages the eye of caution 

 and experience onftantly has in view. In fuch 

 furvey, the pnmary and predominant confi- 

 deration (if fouid) is the ftate of age, but much 

 more particularly if required for immediate 

 ufe, at kail tiat kind of ufe termed conftant 

 work ; as no iorfe whatever can be fuppofed 

 adequate to lich tafk at an earlier age than 

 rifing fix yeaK. 



To the ver) neceffary ccnvi5iion of age llioulcf 

 follow a moftminute and attentive infped:ion> 

 or rather ftrd: examination, of thofe points 

 conftltutmg tae diftindtion between imperfect 



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