16 OBSERVATIONS, 



underftood (by thofe who have run the gaunt-^ 

 let of experience and deception) to require fur- 

 ther animadverlion. 



However, as you can but very feldom pof- 

 fes the good fortune to purchafe of a gentleman^ 

 it will prove no contemptible pradlice to adopt 

 the fage old maxim, and " deal with an horiejt 

 " man as you would with a rogue y' this pre- 

 caution may prevent a probable repentance, 

 and palpably urges the necefllty of putting 

 your own judgment and circumfpedlion in 

 competition with the integrity of your oppo- 

 nent, however he may be favoured by fortune 

 or fan6lioned by Jttuation, 



The prudent or experienced purchafer con« 

 fcquently commences his taflc of infpeftion 

 with care^ caiitiony and circiimfpeBion^ firft ac- 

 curately afcertaining ih^fiape, make, hone^ and 

 frength\ colleding fufficient information from 

 fueh obfervation, whether his qualifications are 

 properly adapted to the purpofes of acquifition. 

 He fees him go all his paces, and forms his 

 own opinion upon each; or perhaps more judi- 

 cioufly avoids every poffibility oi trick ov decep^ 

 tiouy by riding the horfe and thoroughly invef- 



tigating 



