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a lady merely wants a pair of animals to drag a 

 machine on wheels about, so as to convey her 

 free from wet or cold wherever and whenever she 

 is disposed to go out, and cares nothing for their 

 appearance, the rough plan will do, provided they 

 get plenty of corn ; and such horses, with a good 

 tough coat on them, and waterproof-cloths across 

 their loins, will stand inclement weather, and be 

 no more hurt by it than the cart-horse. But then 

 their pace must accord with their appearance and 

 treatment; for the cart-horse, hardy as he is, 

 would very soon get under the doctor's hands if 

 he was subjected to heats by fast work, and then 

 to stand while his waggon was loaded and un- 

 loaded; for though a long coat will keep off a 

 certain degree of rain from the pores of the skin, 

 and a dry one will keep out the cold air, a long 

 coat wetted with sweat is anything but likely to 

 prevent colds, if horses are afterwards to be kept 

 loitering about at doors. Such horses, of course, 

 in point of keep, will cost just as much as those in 

 good condition, and, after all, confer anything but 

 credit on their owners. If a lady thinks the 

 term " my carriage " sufficient, no matter what 

 that carriage may be, well and good. I can only 

 say I consider the difference between such equi- 

 pages as Lord Anglesey's, Lord Sefton's, and many 

 others, and that of some that we occasionally see, 

 is much greater than between the latter and none 



