THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER. 63 



him back at a very considerable increase of 

 price." 



The stomach was long ago discovered to be an ex- 

 cellent medium of education ; its lessons, aided by 

 habit, are infallible. Here is another example of this 

 truth : Mr. Grant, a merchant of London, asked 

 a friend if he knew of a saddle nag for sale ; the other 

 replied, that he himself had one to dispose of, which 

 he could recommend were it not for his unconquer- 

 able dread of swine, which rendered him dangerous 

 either to ride or drive, and on which account alone he 

 must part with him. Mr. Grant was not a person 

 to be dismayed at trifles; and being convinced he 

 could remedy this evil, he bought the horse, and set 

 about its cure by purchasing a sow and a large litter 

 of pigs. The horse, sow, and pigs were all turned 

 together into a sort of barn stable, where they were 

 never disturbed except to give them food. The snort- 

 ings, kickings, squeakings, and gruntings were for 

 two or three days, great and continual, and the con- 

 sequence was, that three or four of the younglings 

 were demolished; but gradually the uproar ceased, 

 and in a fortnight's time the lady mother was to be 

 seen under the belly of the horse, busily employed in 

 searching for the grains of corn left in the straw, with 

 her progeny as actively engaged around her. Well 



