204 The Company and the Trade. 



The old custom of search, in ensuring a high 

 standard of excellence for English manufactures, 

 engendered in Englishmen a firm patriotic faith 

 in the superiority of English goods, and in the 

 skill and honesty of English workmanship. 

 Moreover, the fact remains, as an interesting 

 corollary, that, at the present day, English 

 saddles and harness are in high demand all over 

 the world ; and this branch of English industry, 

 curiously enough, appears in little danger from 

 foreign rivalry. 



