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only terms on which dealer would have swapped in 

 his own yard. 



Most probably, on the gentleman purchasing the 

 horse he wanted to swap for, something is said about 

 the other. Dealer now takes his cue and says some- 

 thing to this effect : " Why, Sir, your horse was cer- 

 tainly a very clever nag; but I tell you very honestly" 

 (oh ! oh !) " that if I had chopped, I should have 

 wanted to draw fifteen pounds between them. I knew 

 you would think that too much ; so, not wishing to 

 offend any customer, I declined altogether." The 

 gentleman, smarting under "the trouble the poor man 

 took to sell the horse," wishes he had known what 



Mr. would have taken, which he thinks was very 



fair indeed, and resolves, if ever he wants to swap 



again, to come to Mr. , and leave the deal entirely 



to him. He may if he likes ; but he will then find 

 Mr. has some other little naturel way of mana- 

 ging the thing that won't give him quite the worst of 

 the swap ! 



I have endeavoured to give some idea how a certain 

 class of dealers work, either in buying, selling, or 

 assisting others in doing so ; also the ruling principle 

 of all dealers in swapping. I fear, however, I have 

 not done anything like justice to the talents of our 

 friend Kascal. His ubiquity of presence, universality 

 of information, presence of mind, versatility of inven- 

 tion and manner, with many other virtues all ready 

 at a moment's warning to suit different occasions, are 

 really astonishing, and a good many he does astonish 

 in no small degree. I am quite aware I have not 

 exhibited one-thousandth part of his talents. I did 

 not intend, nor do I intend to attempt, to do so ; and, 

 what is more, I could not if I did, thougli I do know 



