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runner, who, no disparagement to him, had himself 

 been a thief; he had apprehended a ci-devant brother, 

 and on his lordship's inquiries, as to the how and so 

 forth, he replied, " Vy, my Lord, I was up to his 

 gossip." " Up to his gossip ;" said the Judge, " I 

 do not understand you, what do you mean by that V 

 " Vy, my Lord, I was down upon him, I stagged 

 him." His lordship still appearing uninstructed, 

 " I'll tell you, my Lord," retorted the professional 

 man, " Ve make use of a little rum tongue, vich ve 

 call slang." On retiring from the court, full of the 

 achievement, he said to an old pal, — " But I queered 

 old full bottom though." 



O ur present rules of warranty seem to be accord- 

 ing to the following tenour ; when a horse is simply 

 warranted sound, that does not extend either to his 

 qualifications or disposition; it merely guarantees, 

 that the animal at the time of sale, is neither lame, 

 blind, broken winded, or in any respect diseased, or 

 has any impending cause of unsoundness. Or a horse 

 may be warranted with a bar, in respect to some ac- 

 cidental defect or blemish which does not impede 

 soundness; for example, the loss of an eye, or the 

 string halt. The warranty of qualifications or temper,, 

 is thus stated — quiet to ride — free from vice — quiet 

 in harness : horses warranted in either of these points, 

 and proving deficient, are by common custom, re- 

 turned on the third day. Lord Loughborough held, 

 that it was not necessary that the horse had been so 

 returned, in order to recover. No doubt it may re- 

 quire a longer than the stipulated time, to detect 

 a latent unsoundness ; for example, a horse may have 



