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fo foon as his corn is finiflied, and take hini 

 gently home, provided the diftance is not 

 too great, to prevent a comfort fo truly 

 defirable to both the horfe and his rider. 

 In this recommendation I feel myfelf per- 

 fectly juftified, not only upon the experi- 

 mental advantage of frequently taking my 

 horfe (in the way I have defcribed) upwards 

 of twenty miles to his own fiall, which has 

 been my invariable pracflice for more than 

 twenty years, but the flattering gratification 

 to obferve many of my friends as regularly 

 follow the example. 



No infedious folicitations, that io con- 

 ftantly feduce others to an immediate partici- 

 pation of table comforts, ever have the moil 

 trifling weight in the fcalc of my deter- 

 mination; dedicated entirely to the fafety 

 of my horfe, no moment is unnecefTarily 

 wafted till he is '* rew^arded according to his 

 deferts,'' and fafely lodged in his own fl:able, 

 beyond the probable reach of danger; where, 

 upon his arrival, (whether after a long or 

 fhort return from either a fevere or mode- 

 rate chace) the mode of management is cri- 

 tically the fame; his legs and feet are not 



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