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easy journeys to London, and during his few days' 

 visit, sent her to see us. She lived two years after 

 that, and died of old age without a struggle. 



A friend told me the other day, that a horse had been 

 in the habit of going with his master a certain road, 

 and stopping at the same inn, where those who fed him 

 always threw some beans into the corn put before him. 

 After a time he and his master went from that part of 

 the country, and remained away for two years ; then the 

 same habits were resumed, and the same inn frequented ; 

 the latter, however, had changed its owners. While 

 enjoying his dinner, the rider was informed that his 

 horse would not eat ; that he appeared to be perfectly 

 we]l, but there was something wrong about the corn, 

 which they knew not how to rectify, for it was the very 

 best. The gentleman went to the stable ; the horso 

 neighed, looked at him and then at the manger ; and it 

 struck him suddenly that the animal missed the food 

 he had been accustomed to receive there, and nowhere 

 else. 'Throw some beans in,' he said to the ostler. 

 He was obeyed ; and the horse looked at him as if to 

 express his thanks, and took his meal contentedly. 



I terminate these anecdotes with one concerning a 

 cart-horse, which I never saw in print but once. He 

 had frequently given proofs of great sagacity ; but the 

 chief was the following : ' During the winter, a large 

 wide drain had been made, and over this strong planks 

 had been placed for our friend the cart-horse to pass 

 over to his stable. It had snowed during the night, 

 and had frozen very hard in the morning. How he 

 passed over the planks on going out to work, I know 

 not ; but on being turned loose from the cart at break- 

 fast, he came up to them, and I saw his fore- feet slip. 



