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put him up in a moment, which he will certainly 

 endeavour to do, if he is conscious of it, while the 

 master has another horse ready to show you, in order 

 to take off your attention from what he is afraid you 

 should see. 



Thus having to the best of our judgment, gone 

 through every requisite observation relative to the 

 purchase of a horse, studiously avoiding its being drawn 

 into an unnecessary length, yet at the same time being 

 as careful to avoid an affected brevity ; the gentlemen 

 to whom many of our observations are familiar, will 

 please to observe, that we have endeavoured, as much 

 as possible, to write for the information of the person 

 entirely unacquainted with the qualifications which form 

 a complete horse ; in the purchase of which, the person 

 should particularly consider the end for which he buys, 

 whether for running, hunting, travelling, draught, or 

 burden; and it is therefore almost unnecessary to 

 remind him, that the biggest and strongest are fittest for 

 strong occasions, burdens, draught or double carriage, 

 as the middle size is for hunting, pleasure, general em- 

 ployments, and the least for summer hackney. 



