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the country would inftantly demonftrate the 



contrary. 



My very worthy and learned predeceflbr 

 Bracken, in his digrellions for the public 

 GOOD, has introduced ftories and fimiles of 

 all difcriptions and denominations, from the 

 funeral of his " favourite mare with ale and 

 ^' rofemary,'' to the " comparifon between a 

 ^"^ rider of Jixteen Jione and a Scotchman s 

 *^ pack','' ftricHily enjoining levery man (who 

 had not a rational idea of his own corpulence 

 or circumference) to be careful in adapting 

 the ftrength of his horfe to his own weighty 

 with many other obfervations oi equal faga-- 

 city and penetration. But, as I indulge a 

 much highier opinion of the underftandings 

 of thofe to whofe ferious infped:lon this trea- 

 tife will become fubjed:, I fhall not irritate 

 the feelings of any fportfman, who unluckily 

 rides a great weight, by reminding him what 

 kind of horfe is moft likely to reconcile the 

 inconvenience, but naturally conclude every 

 reader v/ill exert his judgment for the pro- 

 curation of fuch purchafe as will prove moft 

 likely to become adequate to the purpofes for 

 which he is intended. 



He 



