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hibited, which he had no doubt would be repeated 

 whenever the opportunity presented itself. And as the 

 stables were then shut up, he further refused to deliver 

 the horse until six o'clock on the following mornino-. 



At this the groom exhibited great trepidation — 

 urging, as a reason why the horse should be delivered 

 to him, that his master would expect his arrival with 

 the horse that evening, and that he would most likely 

 lose his situation if he were not to arrive until the 

 following day. 



To all of which the dealer turned a deaf ear, and 

 told him that to-morrow morning he might take the 

 horse out of his stables, on presenting a cheque for 

 one hundred and sixty-five pounds ; but that he would 

 not so much as warrant the horse alive to such a scoun- 

 drel. And accordingly, at six a.m., the cheque was 

 presented and the horse delivered to the groom, who no 

 doubt accounted for the absence of the warranty, and 

 his non-arrival on the previous evening, by falsehood. 



However this may be, the dealer heard no more of 

 either master, servant, horse, or warranty, and so 

 ended one of the worst of the many bad instances of 

 dishonesty in grooms. 



ON DRIVING. 



The first thing required in a good coachman is to sit 

 well up and quite square to his horses ; with his chest 

 well forward, and his elbows close to his sides, holding 

 the reins in his left hand in a direct line with his 



