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where to lay hands on what he wants, and who does his 

 work as though it were his daily custom, and not something 

 oat of his usual way. 



There is nothing so bad as a hurrj'ing, scuttling, muddle- 

 headed servant in a stable — a fellow who never knows where 

 he has anything, and who is always applying the wrong article 

 for want of knowing where the right one is ; " making shift," 

 as they call it. Again, we have seen fellows who thought to 

 ingratiate themselves with their masters, by showing unusual 

 bustle and activity when they were in the stable — snatching 

 at this, pulling at that, and dashing here, there, and every- 

 where. That sort of work won't do with horses. A man 

 must have a head as well as hands before he can be called 

 " a Groom." 







