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have been subsequently purchased arrive, and till the 

 dealer himself arrives also. Here he has them all 

 paraded before him, or, in more dealer-like phrase, he 

 has a private show to see, on a second inspection, 

 how they look, how they go, whether they appear sound, 

 and in a fit state to go on. And here, if the Reader 

 were in his confidence, he would hear something like 

 the following remarks, made on the different horses 

 as they are led out. We will suppose the dealer has 

 a friend or brother-dealer with him, overlooking the 

 lot : " That's a useful sort of nag, and not much 

 too dear. Run on, Jack ; that horse goes well ; that'll 



do : go in." Something like this is perhaps said 



of four or five : " Come on, Jack ; now I like this 

 horse a deal better than I did when I saw him yes- 

 terday. 1 was very near losing him. I am glad 

 now I did not ; he is a better nag than I thought 



he was : he'll do ; go in." " Now here is a horse 



wants but little to be quite a nice one: I booked 

 him the minute I saw him ; run on ; he can go ; he 

 cost a hundred, and cheap at the money : come on." 



The next alters the tone a little : " Why, Jack, 



that ain't the grey I got of the Parson ? " " Yes, it 

 is, Sir." "Why, I thought him a bigger horse.; 

 but then he makes a deal of himself when going, and 

 that deceived me: the Parson got the best of me: 

 he ain't a bit too cheap, and not a very bad one 



neither ; there, go in." " Now here comes one 



of the best nags I have bought for some time : I look 

 on him as the best horse in the fair for leather. I 

 gave a good deal of money for him, a hundred and 

 fifty ; but he is sold at three hundred (N. B., being 

 sold in this case does not mean that he actually is 

 so, but that he will be sold to some particular cus- 

 tomer so soon as he gets home.) I offered a hun- 



