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with the motion. These circumstances, at a glance, 

 declare the cheat which the pressure of the hand 

 can, in an instant, prove to have been practised. 

 The artifice, however, when adopted, ought to be 

 of no avail. Young horses often exhibit the de- 

 pression above the eye, of great depth ; nor is it 

 unusual to see old animals, in which the cavity is 

 naturally shallow. The qualified judge, therefore, 

 glances at, but never permits the state of, the part, 

 to influence his decision ; and the trick, when re- 

 sorted to, can impose only on those who are too vain 

 to acknowledge their ignorance, or too mean to pay 

 for protection. Other indications are of greater 

 worth, and to these, observation is directed. The 

 roundness or flatness of the cheek, the sharpness or 

 fulness of the lower jaw, no art can imitate : these, 

 consequently, receive more attention. The eye is 

 directed to the mouth ; and still supposing the 

 reader to be present at such places as the parties who 

 practise tricks with horse flesh mostly frequent, let 

 him be thought desirous of purchasing the animal, 

 and therefore proceed with an examination : it will 

 not be long before the teeth will be inspected. 

 When the lips are separated, the incisors may be 



