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Such a combination of circufnftances, tending 

 fo much to perplex and confufe, urges the nc- 

 ceflity of care, caution, and circumfpe6lion. 

 The eyes of Argus would hardly prove too nu- 

 merous upon the occafion, a bridle being as 

 neceffary upon the tongue as a padlock upon 

 the pocket ; for, amidft the great variety of 

 profeffional manoeuvres in the art of horje deaU 

 ing, 2l purchafer mufl be in poffeffion of a great 

 fliare of good fortune ov found judgment to elude 

 the ill efFedts of deception and impofition 3 a 

 circumftance fo univerfally admitted that go- 

 vernment confidered a fubftantial tax no im- 

 proper compliment to their iniquities. 



The inftitution was undoubtedly origiiialJy 

 good, and for fome years proved of the greateft 

 public utility; whether, like many other of the 

 moft valuable inltitutions, it has been profti- 

 tuted to the "UDorft ofpurpofeSy remains with the 

 opinion of every reader to decide. For my 

 own part hqwever highly they may be ex- 

 tolled, or extenfively puffed, by the parties in- 

 terefted in their fuccefs, I mufl: confefs I am 

 never included within their walls but I con- 

 ceive myfelf in the very centre of Cheftcrfield's 

 ^^ f.nk of iniquity y' and confider 2^ found hoxk 



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