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troduced upon the repulfion of perfpirative 

 matter from the furface to the different parts 

 of the frame, that not a fingle line can be re- 

 quired in elucidation of io clear a part of ihe 

 fubje<a. 



Steady and attentive obfervance has, years 

 lince, convinced me of the inconfiliency of 

 approaching a houfe of this kind in the ge- 

 neral hurry and confufion, with any hope of 

 obtaining the requifite attendance your horfe 

 may prove in need of; a diffident applicant 

 may ftand his hour unnoticed, and his gentle 

 requefts unanfvvered, while thofe fortunately 

 poffeffed of unbounded confidence and fafiiion- 

 able effrontery may probably fucceed in their 

 applications. It is therefore much more com- 

 mendable to pafs gently on w^ith your horfe 

 to a houfe whofe pre fen t engagements are not 

 fo numerous, which may generally be found 

 in a few miles of your way homeward ; here 

 you become fo much the objedl of attention, 

 that you almoft obtain in anticipation what 

 you could not before acquire by the moll 

 humble entreaty. This anfwers your pur- 

 pofe perhaps in another refpedl, as your horfe 

 jyill have become cool and proper for what 



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