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as well as his crib, he is likely to leave them with 

 little more pretensions to a sound knowledge of his 

 trade, than the animals who are the subject of it. 

 Indeed, so convinced have I found some among 

 them of their own deficiency, that I have to enume- 

 rate among those to whom I stand indebted for 

 compliment, several who have requested my opinion 

 whether they could safely give a warranty of 

 soundness. 



To these, and to many among the London 

 dealers, I feel greatly obliged for the useful in- 

 formation which they in turn have given to myself 

 on practical points on which I felt conscious of 

 ignorance ; for courtesies of this kind, I have in 

 particular to thank Mr. Cartwright, a veterinary 

 surgeon, residing I believe at Epsom, Mr. Woodin, 

 of Upper Park Place, Park Road, and Mr. Rick- 

 man, late of the Coronet Brighton coach, and 

 now driving the Age. I have also, in one or two 

 instances, derived useful hints in conversation with 

 Mr, Shackel and Mr. Field. My large obligations 

 to Mr. Sewell I acknowledge elsewhere. 



Having thus wound up my accounts, I will con- 

 clude with the observation of a witty friend of 

 mine, whose eye was caught by the title of my 

 work. " There go two fools to the making of 

 that book — the man who wrote it, and the man 



