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iiig declaration of a legerdemain adven- 

 turer (at that time moft appiicably in 

 exhibition) whofe falutary caution I have ever 

 retained: ** Look sharp^ for if your eyes 

 are not quicker than my hands ^ I iliall cer- 

 tainly deceive you/' This is a fpecies of de- 

 ception fo conftantly pradlifed, and fo hap- 

 pily enjoyed by the performers, that I make 

 it an invariable rule (by perfonal attendance) 

 to Ihield myfelf from the mortifying reflec- 

 tion of fo much impofition upon my pocket 

 or my underftanding* 



It (liould be confidered that road horses 

 of every denomination are, from their con- 

 ftant work and great utility, entitled to a pro- 

 portional degree of care and attention with 

 the moft valuable horfes in the kingdom ; 

 for though it is by no means neceffary (but 

 evidently improper) they fliould be in the 

 fame high ftate of condition as horfes appro- 

 priated to the higher fpheres of racing and 

 hunting ; yet there is a certain fyfiematic uni- 

 formity in their mode of treatment, that re- 

 gularly adhered to, will prove equally advan- 

 tageous with one clafs, as the almoft unbound- 

 ed circumfpedtion fo earneftly recommended 

 with the other, 



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