^2 OBSERVATIONS. 



from a repofitory equally rare with a capital 

 prize in the lottery. 



In the midft of thefe very neceffary conli- 

 derations, it muft be remembered, fuch heb- 

 dominal fales are not without their acknow- 

 ledged conveniences ; for although they are 

 by no means calculated to buy at, they are moft 

 admirably adapted for felling. Here you may, 

 in compliance with cujiom and the full force of 

 faflmriy get rid of the hlindy lame^ rejlive, broken- 

 winded ^ fplented, fpavinedy or gla^idej^edhovfes, 

 without remprfe or fear of punifhment. The 

 feller, v^hether a nominal gentleman without 

 honour y or the dealer without principle y is enti- 

 tled to every degree of duplicity he can bring 

 into pracflice j they lay equal ^'i^x^ to the privi- 

 lege of obliquely puffing their own horjes (as 

 ftanders~by prailing their unequalled qualifica- 

 tions, and bidding for them) with an aifedled 

 enthuliafm, thereby inducing the unwary to 

 proceed in the purchafe very much beyond the 

 intrinfic value. The credulous dupe becomes in 

 a fhort time convinced of the bubble ^ and is in 

 poiTeffion of no confolation but the law of re- 

 taliation, by a repetition of transfer; neceffity 

 compels him to fell at ihtfame or a fimilar 



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