80 LETTERS TO GILBERT \\THITE 



two Sorts of Horses who have no Mouth : one, agst which You 

 may pull 'till your arms ake ; & one, who if You touch the rein, 

 will fling her Head in your Face ; neither of which are for my 

 Money. I must have an easy, yet steady Mouth ; which will bo 

 stop'd by the Curb tho' four or five Oxford men were galloping 

 behind her ; & which will bear to be of Aid to me in going up 

 a steep Hill. I ride wth a Curb & Snaffle, but I cUuse to use 

 only the Snaffle : the Curb is of Use at a Trip ; or where the 

 Hounds are out ; or where I myself am hunted ; or where I am 

 left by my Company & have not a Mind to follow, (as coming 

 fm my Ld Littlefield's, which I commemorate not forgetting 

 your Humanity). At these Circumstances You smile; indeed 

 they are not in the Articles of every Purchaser. Now as to 

 Price ; I hope You could get such a Beast, as You would set me 

 upon, (for I don't say as I shd like, since I will not promise to 

 like any new Horse under a Month) for ten Guineas : & rather 

 than be without One, I will go to twelve Pounds ; which I hope 

 in Hampshire is a tolerable Price. You are to bestir Yourself 

 in this Business, because I lose my little Horsemanship while 

 You delay. As to the advancing of the Money, if You are press'd 

 by it, it shall be immediately paid to Your Brother Benjamin in 

 London, who I suppose can remit it to You safely : You will 

 give me Notice about this, & write to me to let me know whether 

 You will & can undertake this charge with Likelihood of 

 Success. I would not have the Creature too young & giddy. 

 Now tho' I have made use of the Term sJie in these Descriptions, 

 it need not follow that You must get me a Mare, tho' I have 

 no objection to a Mare, if You like it. I need not apologise for 

 the trouble I give You, tho' I shall be much obliged by the 

 Service. I know it will give You pleasure to say ten Years 

 hence, " ay, I set Him upon that Crc 4ure, & never any Man 

 was better carried." I need not say that a Hampshire Horse 

 will find her way into Hampshire, & go up & down Stairs about 

 Selbourue. I sold Jenny for two Guineas, & picked a Purchaser 

 who intends her for Breed ; & if I had not thought that She 

 would be well used, I would have had her shot out of Compas- 

 sion ; but I dare say she will make a fine Colt. 



You would scold me, if You was here, about my Church 

 Yard ; but I hope without Cause ; It has cost me thirty Shillings, 

 & at last I am told that it is not mine. In short, one Mr. Daniel 

 has a new Monument erected in it by his Widow, & on Applica- 

 tion for Leave from me to erect it in my church Yard, I gave 

 it for two Guineas, which Fee I learnt was ye common One at 

 Hampton. But I have had Notice from Skelton the Eegister, 

 that I and ye churchwardens are to be proceeded agst in the Com- 

 mons for suffering a Monument to be erected without a faculty, 

 & this at Mr Skelton's Suit. He sent me a Case, not indeed 



