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appropriately term him) makes liis dernier exami- 

 nation by lifting up his horse's tail. Now had Muff 

 done this, he would have learned about as much as 

 he did by looking in his horse's mouth ; namely, he 

 would have seen there was something there: but 

 Wide-awake judges by the appearance of what he 

 sees there a something that gives him a shrewd 

 guess as to the hardihood of his horse's constitu- 

 tion. I am not, however, presuming to write in- 

 structions on buying- a horse : I am only showing the 

 different modes of trial or purchasing between two 

 buyers. 



The horse is now ordered to be saddled. Wide- 

 awake hums no seen a from La Sonnambula or any 

 thing else : here he attends to his business on hand, 

 follows his horse into the stable, sees him saddled, 

 sees he shows no reluctance or vice, and on being 

 brought out, and just seeing the stirrups are some- 

 where about his length, mounts his horse at once, 

 gives him his head, and lets him walk away; tries 

 his trot and canter; now comes back, having while 

 out privately again looked at his horse when left 

 quietly to himself. On returning to the yard, all 

 Tom ventures to say will be, "I hope you like him, 

 Sir! you found him a good goer, Sir!" The pro- 

 bable answer will be, "Yes, I do not dislike his 

 riding, and he is a very fair goer." This buyer we 

 will suppose also gives his cheque, but, without 

 waiting to be waylaid by Tom, goes into the stable, 

 and gives his half-crown. Tom, however, from habit 

 cannot help the " You've got a good horse, Sir," in 

 addition to touching his hat. Tom says no more, 

 being perfectly aware that all he could say would not 

 get a shilling more than he had a right to expect, 



