24 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



If you like to separate them I'll give 

 you £2 1 for the Hereford ; but the Runt 

 is no use to me, it is not in season yet. 

 Take the same two beasts on October i, 

 and he will exactly reverse his tale. He 

 knows that which his provincial confrh^e 

 is ignorant of, and has not the facility 

 to ascertain. 



I have had a very large and success- 

 ful practice as an auctioneer, and have 

 sold in the Metropolitan Market. For 

 some years, I dare say, I sold more sheep 

 than any man in England — some 200,000 

 per annum — but Fve lost more in a day 

 racing than I made in a year selling, or I 

 should not be writing this '' tract." Many 

 a time I have sold in Islington Cattle 

 Market at 7 a.m., taken Hinckley Market 

 in Warwickshire from one to three, and 

 had a four hours' spell selling unredeemed 

 pledges in our mart at Leicester from 



