130 PEECEPT AND PRACTICE. 



SEEKING A STUD. 



It is some time since we left the young gentleman 

 who sold his stud, or rather his friend did so for him, 

 at Dixon's. Whether since then he has been indulg- 

 ing in the dolce far nie}ife, whether he has found 

 other pursuits in London, or whether he has treated 

 himself to a trip up the Rhine, whence, if he went 

 by himself, and trusted to his own astute observations 

 on what he saw, we may infer, from what we have as 

 yet seen of him, he came back about as wise as he 

 went — we know nothing of his latter movements, nor 

 can they be a matter worth inquiring into by any- 

 body. He answers our purpose, which is showing 

 what a weak young man would have been likely to 



