XXviil PREFACE. 



administering of an oath should not be at- 

 tended with the same solemnity, as any 

 other ceremony in a court of justice. 



Having thus pointed out the difficulties 

 attending disputes respecting the sale of 

 horses, I cannot do better than to warn my 

 Readers against entering into law-suits on 

 those occasions. The average expences of 

 a suit, are from one hundred and fifty to 

 two hundred pounds, and as it is a rule to 

 tax the costs, and generally to take off a 

 third, of course the payment of this third 

 must fall on the umner, who consequently 

 will be about seventy pounds out of pocket, 

 which is the average price of most horses 

 that are brouoht vmder litioation. If the 

 Reader, however, is not satisfied Avith this 

 advice, let liiin turn over the pages of Hu- 

 dibras, where he will find the following ap- 

 propriate quotation — 



" He that by injury is griev'd. 



And goes to law to be reliev'd. 



Is sillier than a sottish chouse. 



Who, when a thief has robb'd his house, 



Applies himself to cunning men. 



To help him to his goods again ; 



When all he can expect to gain. 



Is but to squander more in vain. 



