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and his action good. I inspected and handled 

 him minutely ; I picked up every foot, passed my 

 hand down every leg, and found neither fault nor 

 blemish. I mounted him, and rode him for an 

 hour. I was satisfied, and bought him, taking care 

 this time to obtain my w^arranty myself. For two 

 whole days he did justice to his owner's repre- 

 sentations. On the third day I was too much 

 occupied to ride; but the following morning I 

 hurried to the stables, resolved to make up for lost 

 time. No sooner was my foot in the stirrup than, 

 with the cunning of a monkey, he raised his near 

 hind foot and shoved the stirrup-iron away. He 

 repeated this fun two or three times; I tried on 

 the off side, but he was as clever there ! " Off with 

 the saddle, John, we'll try him without:" but the 



