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ship." He either supplies another from his stable, or 

 hunts for one in others; and in all probability he 

 suits his noble purchaser. Now, though I never 

 recommend any one to change a horse with a dealer 

 when he has once been deceived, in this case my 

 Lord did quite right in going back to the same dealer, 

 for he had not been deceived by him : the only decep- 

 tion was in the horse : he had deceived both dealer 

 and purchaser; and such cases must occasionally 

 occur with many young horses, which sometimes beat 

 the best judgment. 



In the case I have alluded to, the dealer would not 

 ask a shilling for the exchange (provided of course 

 that his customer takes a horse of the same class) : 

 but his Lordship, unsolicited, hands him probably, 

 when suited, a ten-pound note for his trouble and 

 civility. This is as the thing should be : the dealer 

 has made a fair profit, and acted the part of a respect- 

 able man, while his customer has not forgotten he is 

 a nobleman. 



Now there is another sort of customer that it is 

 the dealer's interest neither to take in, nor offend, nor 

 suit. This customer buys on his own judgment; 

 consequently never is, or probably never will be 

 suited till he gets some other person to buy for him. 

 He cannot blame the dealer so long as the horses are 

 sound and free from vice ; nor will he of course blame 

 himself : he attributes it all to ill luck. This man is 

 a regular income to the dealer, who of course makes 

 his market of him, and still retains his own character 

 and the good opinion of his customer. This sort of 

 men, like trout, only want a little tickling, and will 

 be had just as easily. Now the dealer understands 



