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buying of such a pair at 150/." He well knows they 

 cost the lady 200/. ; and thus he gives his friend 

 coachee a lift : and from what he says, the lady is sa- 

 tisfied she did not pay too much for them. It ends 

 in his buying them at 4(M. ; coachee pockets 10/., with 

 15/. in prospectu for buying the next pair; which, to 

 show his zeal in his lady's cause, he fortunately finds 

 the next day. With them the same game will be 

 played hereafter, only taking care there shall be a 

 variation in the moves. 



These sort of transactions of course could not be 

 carried on where the coachman has a master who 

 knows anything about' horses ; nor would any respect- 

 able dealer join in them. But in almost every case, 

 the servant by hook or by crook will be paid ; nor 

 will paying these gentry be always sufficient. Let 

 a nobleman's coachman go into a dealer's yard, he 

 must be shaken by the hand ; and if any conver- 

 sation is requisite, it must be over a bottle of wine : 

 he will expect to be treated something on the footing 

 of a friend by the first-rate dealers. Now, could a 

 gentleman submit to this? No: he certainly could 

 not: he must, however, if he turns horse-dealer, or 

 lose a customer. 



This is only one among the many humiliations that a 

 tradesman must submit to, and which no gentleman 

 could brook. I may be asked, how or why the 

 customer would be lost ? The reply is, because the 

 coachman would be offended. This leads to the very 

 natural quasre of whether T suppose a nobleman is to 

 be dictated to by his coachman as to who the dealer 

 may be he may choose to patronise ? Certainly not 

 dictated to by words; but the manoeuvres of the 

 coachman will in nine cases out of ten bring the 



