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makers were wont to accumulate at the road-side. 

 The mud formed a rich pomatum for his curly mop. 

 The pillory could not have worked a more com- 

 plete metamorphosis. ^' Carry the gemman to the 

 pump !" was the general cry, and certainly his folly 

 deserved it. I called a coach just in time to save 

 him from friends and foes, for on retracing my 

 route, I encountered orange-women, costermongers, 

 gentlemen, and fish-fags, all in full cry, like a pack 

 of beao'les ! 



There is no effectual cure for a restive horse. I 

 have once or twice succeeded in the case of bolting, 

 but it has only been by a severity of work that I 

 cannot recommend — by urging him to exhaustion. 

 For a time it cures the horse, but it renders hirr 

 unfit for work, or sale ; and when his condition u 

 restored, his vice returns with it : but prevention ij 

 easy ; the groom should never be allowed to teasf 

 his horses. A horse does not understand a jest 

 tickling or pinching him, worrying him in tht 

 stall, sometimes coaxing and then scolding him 

 dressing him while feeding, pushing or striking 

 him with the fork ; — all play of this kind leadj 

 to retort, which when it becomes habitual, i^ 

 incurable vice. But the groom alone is not ir 

 fault; many of the minor tricks are taught b) 

 the rider. 



