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walked with him to my stables, and 

 there pointed out to him a horse that 

 I thought was about the stamp he re- 

 quired. He liked him very much ; and 

 asked, provided I could match him in 

 size, figure, and colour, what the price 

 would be. 



I told him I could not exactly say, but I 

 thought it would not be less than 150/., 

 as it might be difficult to find a match. 

 This sum he consented to give, if he 

 liked the other horse as well as he did 

 this; and so we parted. 



It was not long before I accomplished 

 this part of the task indeed, I had not 

 to go out of the town to do so. An 

 officer on the staff wished to purchase 

 the horse in question, to match one he 

 already had, but as we could not 

 agree about price, I bought his ; and 

 then wrote to the gentleman in the 

 Isle of Wight, to acquaint him with my 

 success, and that the pair of horses were 



