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LESSON IX. 



ON HORSE DEALING. 



Horse dealing is attended with many dangers, and 

 subject to many losses. The highly artificial life to 

 which we reduce the horse, and the abuse to which he 

 is liable, render him subject to numerous diseases and 

 sundry modes of death. These diseases may germinate 

 and lurk in his system, at the moment when we are 

 quite ignorant of their presence ; or the symptoms of 

 distress may be too faint to excite suspicion, until the 

 fatal moment be at hand, and it is too late to save 

 a valuable life. For these reasons and the great 

 liability to accidents, it is generally the best policy 

 to sell the horse whenever a remunerative price be 

 offered, instead of waiting to realise a greater amount ; 

 and it is for the same reasons also, that the most 

 experienced men may be deceived in their purchases, 

 and robbed of the fruits of their bargains. Again, 

 our general system of management is so vicious, and 



