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to one he will say, *' Ah well, no, I don't 

 think he is quite what Tm looking for;" 

 and he will stroll round, and eventually 

 buy the bay out of the corner box of 

 the back stable that you would never 

 have dreamt of showing him. 



No ; the world requires the middle- 

 man in the horse trade, the cattle trade, 

 and all other trades that I am at all 

 conversant with. Besides, if by the 

 wave of a mystic wand, dealers, auc- 

 tioneers, and other middle-men could 

 have their present means of obtaining a 

 livelihood extinguished, they would exist 

 by some other means, I presume. The 

 food they eat and the clothes they wear 

 would not become so much spoil for the 

 rest of the community. 



I have given hackneys short shrift up 

 to now in this chapter, but will give 

 them this chance — that if you have a big 



