EXERCISE. 247 



twenty-four days. The more we inveftigate 

 this bufinefs, the lefs fatisfadtion it will 

 afford to the parties more immediately in- 

 terefted in the explanation ; particularly to 

 thofe whofe fituations in life, or profef- 

 iional avocations, leave them without aa 

 .alternative. 



After taking a retrofpedlive view of th;e 

 '** Stabling^' already defcribed, let it be 

 remembered, that what they call exercife 

 depends entirely upon the inclination and 

 .convenience of the motley crew to whom 

 the management of the yard, and fuper- 

 intendance of the horfes are entrufled ; 

 thefe are a fort, in general, feledled as the 

 greateft adepts in falfehood and impofition, 

 beft adapted to the convenient purpofes of 

 the mafter, and the purified principles of 

 a flable-yard proficiency. When fuch ex- 

 ercife is, however, correfponding with the 

 inclination and convenience of the parties we 

 defcribe, obferve in its manner how little it 

 is calculated to promote the very purpofe^ 

 for which it is intended. 



yhe horfe is brought in general from the 

 R 4 evapo« 



