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have been taken to relieve, all the infor- 

 mation mufi be derived from interrogato- 

 ries to the /c'ra:ant ; who is in general polTeffed 

 of all the myfery^ and the master (how- 

 ever valuable the horfej js frequently found to 

 know little or nothing at all of the matter. 

 The gjfoom's judgment is in general fo per- 

 feftly vifallible^ that it would be abfolute 

 prefumption in his employer, to inquire into 

 the caufe of complaint or method of cure ; 

 yet upon accurate inveftigation of thefe ex^ 

 iefijivc abilities^ we find very flender caufe 

 for the unlimited confidence and implicit opi- 

 nion of the m.afier. If inquiry is mad^ 

 whether the horfe has been bled, /^nd we are 

 anfwered he has, w^e are aheady arrived at 

 the ultimatum of information ; for what quan^ 

 tliy was taken away, or what quality it was 

 v/jiEN COLD, rnufl: :remain in its former ob- 

 fcurity ; one general anfwer fuffices for every 

 quefticn ; and with a blufh of conjcious Jlupl- 

 dity, we are told, the horfe was ** bkd on the 

 dungioill'' By this fpecimen of enlightened 

 information, every additional fuggeiiion may 

 be fairly fuppcfcd equally cone In five and Ja^ 

 t'lsfatlory. 



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