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tremely v/ell with his fore legs, jull clearing 

 the ground ; but he lifted up his hind ones 

 as if he was dancing, or drunk : it is the 

 mofl: fantaftic way of going I ever faw ; and 

 I fent, and faid I fliould return him : the 

 gentleman faid no — that a horfe could not 

 go too much above his ground ; and if it 

 was v/ith his hind legs, it was better he 

 fhould do fo, than trip before and behind 

 too. 



I wiili to know your opinion upon this : 

 whether I muil; take him, or not. I am 

 the joke of the road wherever I go, and the 

 blackguards advife me to ride him tail fore- 

 mofl. I don't love a joke efpecially wherein 

 concern 'd myfelf ; and rather than have ano- 

 ther cut upon me, I fhall cut riding entire- 

 ly, and fell this palfrey of mine to the pro- 

 prietors of the Brentford Fly. It is a pity. 

 Sir, that there is not room in the Leve- 

 rian, or any other Mufeum, to exhibit the 

 extraordinary motions of Bipeds and Qua- 

 drupeds 5 which, I think, are often more 

 wonderful than their ftrudure. Had there 



been 



