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who came up to him, saying, " Why, he ain't half as 

 bad as I thought he was : he ain't all the money too 

 dear now ! " 



I saw nothing more of my friend the furriner till 

 about a month afterwards, when " a horse, cart, and 

 harness, the property of a tradesman," was advertised 

 for sale at one of the Repositories at a particular hour, 

 at which particular hour a horse was driven into the 

 yard at a fair trot straight up to the auction-box, but 

 owing to the crowd and carriages for sale being in the 

 way, this " horse, cart, and harness " could not be con- 

 veniently turned round (Mem. we know the horse 

 could not ) . This was of course foreseen ; so he was sold 

 standing there, and for cart purposes his action was no 

 great matter, and it was seen he drew quietly. I think 

 he fetched twenty pounds. I need scarcely say the 

 cart and harness were bought in, having only been bor- 

 rowed for the occasion. So soon as he was knocked 

 down he was slipped out of the cart, led straight up the 

 yard, and put into the stable, no doubt the purchaser 

 congratulating himself on having got a good horse, 

 the genuine property of a tradesman ! Now, although 

 this was all preconcerted the cart and horse only 

 coming at the time specified the trot straight up the 

 yard, as if done from being late the cart not being 

 able to be turned round and the horse being taken 

 straight out to enable the man to run the cart out of 

 the way all was done so naturally that nothing like 

 deception or anything particular appeared. This was 

 the last appearance of furriner while I was there : 

 probably if he did not take a benefit there, he has 

 given many a one to others since. 



It may appear rather a matter of surprise how such 

 fellows as I have described can afford the expense of 



