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The few instances which I have given, will 

 suffice to show the value of a little practical know- 

 ledge in examining a horse, however respectable 

 the seller may be. 



I do not pretend to be myself very scientific in 

 the matter ; and if I were, it would not be easy to 

 convey such knowledge on paper. What they 

 call in the anatomical schools " demonstration," 

 is indispensable to scientific knowledge. There 

 are however some criteria so obvious, and so 

 simple, that any sensible man with a correct eye 

 and a discriminating touch, may apply them. 

 Horse-dealing is perhaps the only subject that 

 contradicts Pope's maxim, " A little knowledge is 

 a dangerous thing.'' 



The first point to which I should direct a 

 purchaser's attention, is the size and apparent 



