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WARRANTING. 



Caveat Emptor, at p. 253, says, " It is known 

 that horses have secret maladies, which cannot 

 be discovered by the usual trials and inspections ; 

 therefore the buyer requires a Warranty of 

 Soundness, to guard against such latent defects." 

 I have taken the liberty of extracting a great 

 deal of the language, that follows, down to the 

 line at p. 178, finishing with the words "know- 

 ledge of the seller," from the above author, and 

 converting the same to my own purpose ; for 

 which plagiarism I offer every apology. The ar- 

 guments and recommendations, however, in va- 

 rious parts of " Caveat Emptor," in support of 

 Warranty, are not exactly applicable to India, 

 nor can I agree with them even for England, 

 being opposed to warranty in every shape; so, 

 with all due deference to the ability and the 

 pleasantry displayed in the writings of that 

 author, I am about to advise you to swamp 

 all warranty, for these reasons : — 



