two-fold — he had neither legs to carry hhn, nor 

 mind to go; much less with twelve stone on his 

 back ; and after much solicitation, equally painful 

 on both sides, I discovered to my chagrin that he 

 would make an excellent gig-horse, but had an 

 insurmountable objection to the saddle ! He was 

 sold at the Bazaar to a butcher, who seemed as 

 well satisfied with his purchase, as I was to get 

 rid of him. 



Another '^ charming " brute attracted my atten- 

 tion. I am not much of a dandy at any time, but 

 by some confounded ill-luck, I went to the stables 

 on this occasion, in a new coat, new hat, new 

 trowsers, and with as fashionable an exterior as the 

 gloss of a tailor's shop can give. To make matters 

 worse, I wore, what I seldom use, an eye-glass. 

 The consequence was inevitable. The " sweetest 

 little park horse that ever was crossed" was of course 

 the "very thing I wanted." I thought so too ; but 

 the good nature of the dealer saved my pocket, what- 

 ever might be his good intentions ; I was allowed 

 to make trial of him. We danced a quadrille to- 

 gether with every gentleman and lady that we met 

 mounted in Hyde Park, and I soon found that the 

 lovely creature was better suited to Almack's, than 

 to me. He passaged away in style by the band of 

 the Guards, till every soldier grinned a salute, and 



