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noticed them ; and if he has, is as cool and collected 

 as if he were a mile from the scene of action. He 

 desired the horse to be brought out of the crowd, 

 merely that he might make a more minute inspec- 

 tion, see his paces, and, if he thought fit, throw his 

 leg over him. The difference between the two per- 

 sons doing the same thing was this — our tyro re- 

 quested the horse to be taken to a certain place 

 before he had made any inspection of him, from the 

 dread of the eyes of the multitude being on him. The 

 consequence was, that, on seeing the horse at his 

 leisure, he found him two inches below the height 

 he wanted him. He said so : and the answer he got 

 was, " You had eyes in your head, if you knew how 

 to make use of them." A shilling to the man would 

 have saved, we must allow, this just, if not courteous 

 remark. Our tyro did not value the shilling to pre- 

 vent his giving it, but he was not accustomed to the 

 usages of fairs. Our hero does not seem to have got 

 on better with single horses than with those he saw 

 tied up in tens and twelves. 



Returning, he saw a most promising-looking brown 



