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pounds for the horse, and had sold him 

 two or three times for more money ; but 

 he had always been returned, as he would 

 not go in harness. Not very well satis- 

 fied with my bargain, I walked away, 

 desiring him to send the horse round to 

 the "Roebuck." 



Early the next morning I borrowed a 

 break, harnessed him, and put him to 

 with another horse, but he would not 

 move; and, touching him with the whip, 

 he reared right on end, then threw 

 himself down, and there lay. At this 

 I scratched my head, and thought it 

 was a bad case, when my friend who 

 had kindly put me up to this great 

 bargain called to me and said, " Master, 

 master, light a truss of straw and put 

 under him ! " Nothing loth to make trial 

 of such a remedy, as I had heard of 

 it before, though I had never seen it 

 practised, and there not being many 



