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time, opportunity, or persons to spare to remedy the 

 defect ; he resolves to " ship him," in plain terms 

 sell him. "We will say the horse was bought, and 

 well bought y at eighty — that is, had he not the trifling 

 and probably temporary failing he has. Now, there is 

 an honourable feeling in breeders, from whom dealers 

 buy most of their horses, that is highly creditable to 

 them. If a horse they have sold turns out to have 

 some fault or failing unknown at the time of sale, 

 that is not of a nature to authorise his being returned, 

 if it is one that prevents his sale, and the dealer in 

 consequence loses money by him, on a proper repre- 

 sentation and proof of the fact being made, they 

 usually throw back something of the original purchase 

 money. Thus, if the dealer gave eighty, the seller 

 throws back five or ten pounds ; this, of course, only 

 taking place between men accustomed to dealings 

 with each other. In such case, I have often offered 

 (say) 65/. for the horse, " take hiigi as he is." I 

 have found it take me a month or two, perhaps a 

 year, to properly cure him of his objectionable quali- 

 ties ; but, being cured, I have a right to 120Z., for 

 keep, and the exercise of risk, time, and patience. 



