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in his business as the horse does on the road, by no 



means does so with the same satisfaction as his partner. 



If a man advances ten thousand pounds as capital, and 



the other nothing, if each make two hundred a-year, 



it is all very well for him that advances nothing. This 



is the case with the man in the carriage ; the horse is 



the man advancing the capital, for he advances all the 



labour : therefore, till the rider has had a pull at the 



carriage to ascertain its weight, he may be a little 



incorrect in his statement of the ease with which the 



concern is got along ; and I rather think he is, for half 



a ton weight of iron samples must come along rather 



sulkily after a horse ; and I shrewdly suspect, that, as 



the gentleman does not probably deal in iron necks, 



the supposed security of his own goes a long way in 



inducing him to think this travelling emporium of 



iron commodities is got along with as much ease as 



he supposes. There is but one thing saves their 



horses : they go slow ; and, if not coachmen, at least 



show their judgment by using a drag : but do what 



they will, a heavy load on four wheels is getting the 



power of a horse gazetted long before he ought to 



leave off business. If, added to this, he is made to 



go fast, he would certainly not " take the benefit of the 



Act" but would very shortly do what many others in 



business who have gone too fast have done " cut it." 



Horses are often put to much greater exertion than 



their owners imagine, from their not being aware of 



the actual weight of the carriages they use. A 



lady will perhaps go to a coachmaker's and select 



for her favourite ponies the lightest looking carriage 



she sees there : nor is this confined to ladies : many 



men would do the same thing, and would very 



reasonably think that with so toy -like a vehicle their 



