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in a horse cause : nothing should be omitted ; his 

 diet, his exercise, his grooming, every thing that 

 can prove due attention to have been paid to him, 

 should be carefully noted down, while all is recent 

 and memory awake. It is useful to make the 

 servant sign it, for I have known instances where 

 the man has been discharged in the interim, and 

 produced afterwards as a witness for the dealer^ 

 and a most useful witness, too. Half a guinea 

 will do wonders in making a good witness of a 

 discarded servant. 



In all questions arising upon a warranty this 

 principle must be borne in mind ; the horse must 

 be returned in the same state and condition in 

 which he was received, except so far as the disease 

 for which he is returned may have deteriorated 

 him ; as for instance, if the knees are broken by a 

 fall, and the fall was occasioned by chronic lame- 

 ness, the blemish is no bar to his return: but 

 except in cases ejusdem generis, any injury to a 

 horse while in the purchaser's possession deprives 

 him pro tanto of his remedy. This is my reason for 

 giving such minute directions for the treatment of 

 the animal, while his soundness remains doubtful. 



It often happens that a wary dealer will play off 

 an artful game with a dissatisfied customer. Allow 



