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troduced upon the repulsion of perspivative 

 matter from the surface to tlie different parts 

 of the frame, that not a single hue can be re- 

 quired in elucidation of so clear a part of 

 the subject. 



Steady and attentive observance has, years 

 since, convinced me of the inconsistency of 

 approaching a house of this kind in the ge- 

 neral hurry and confusion, with any hope of 

 obtaining the requisite attendance your horse 

 may stand in need of; a diffident applicant 

 may prove his hour unnoticed, and his gentle 

 requests unanswered, while those fortunately 

 possessed of unbounded confidence and fa- 

 shionable effrontery may probably succeed in 

 their application. It is therefore much more 

 -commendable to pass gentl^^ on with your 

 horse to a house whose present engagements 

 are not so numerous, which may generally be 

 found in a few miles of your way homeward : 

 here you become so much the object of atten- 

 tion, that you almost obtain in anticipation 

 v>'hat you could not before acquire by the 

 most humble entreaty. This answers your 

 purpose perhaps in another respect, as your 

 horse will have became cool and proper for 



