360 ROAD HORSES. 



wide difference between your circumstance^ 

 and 7nine, 



There certainly can be no doubt but the 

 farmer's excellent maxim should be adopted 

 by all those who rely too much upon the af- 

 fected diligence of ostlers, and pretended fide- 

 lity of servants, without a single consistent 

 refl^''tion upon the cause of their approaching 

 every day nearer to poverty. For my own 

 part, I am not at all ashamed to acknowledge, 

 if my horses are in higher condition as to ex- 

 ternal appearance, stronger in the chase, or 

 more respectable upon the road than my 

 neighbour's, it is only to be attributed to the 

 admirable admonition of ^^ Let's go/' under 

 which incredible advantage of personal super^ 

 intendance I become security for the certain 

 execution of my own orders. 



This to the inattentive or inconsiderate 

 inay savour too strong of rigidity, and seem 

 striking too much at the characters of 

 servants in general ; however, the more 

 prudent and discriminating will know in 

 what degree to admit the exception, con- 

 cluding there may be some entitled to a 



