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price he intends to give ; and what is usual among 

 such men, will give a check or the amount of 

 money for the purchase. Such a man knows 

 horses too well to expect you to send him perfection ; 

 but he will feel certain that the horse sent him will 

 be fit for the intended purpose, and the purchaser 

 will feel equally certain that what he does send 

 will be properly estimated. And even supposing 

 the horse does not quite answer expectation, 

 knowing all the difficulties of the case, there will 

 be a proper appreciation of the pains taken 

 and judgment used in the selection. If, from 

 any peculiar whim or fancy of the owner, the 

 horse does not quite suit his wishes, he will 

 have sense enough to lay the blame on himself, 

 and not on the purchaser ; and should the horse 

 even turn out bad or unfortunate, the same sense 

 will tell him that the same thing, or some other, 

 might have occurred had he purchased for himself; 

 nor will his confidence in the purchaser's judg- 

 ment be at all shaken by the circumstance. 

 These are by far the pleasantest of all men to 

 have to act for. 



The other is the case of one who knows nothing 

 at all about horses, and has sense enough both to 

 know and admit that such is his situation. He 

 will also mention the purpose for which he wants 

 the animal; may, perhaps, state the colour he 

 would prefer, or the size, or about the size he 

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