210 THE POCKET AND THE STUD. 



If a man manages things tolerably well, but has 

 certain errors of opinion or want of knowledge on 

 some points, a little well-timed flattery as to his 

 general way of doing things will induce him to 

 listen to hints as to where he errs. But where, 

 as is sometimes the case, every thing is done wrong, 

 it would be difficult to decide as to whose task 

 was the most unpleasant, that of the adviser, or 

 of him to be advised. A man may very soon get 

 into a right way of doing most things if he has 

 only to ask what he should do and is then will- 

 ing to do it ; but if he has also to learn how to 

 do it, the case is hopeless. The only hope such 

 a man has is, that when he is too old to want 

 horses, experience may have taught him how to 

 manage them : — about as encouraging a prospect 

 as that of the generality of writers who depend 

 on writing for support — that they may get 

 bread when they have no teeth to bite it ; but 

 then the lucky dogs escape all the horrors of in- 

 digestion. 



We will now, however, look at the stud under 

 another sort of management, and see how that 

 will work as regards the pocket. 



There is another mode of keeping the carriage 

 and horses, that is, jobbing them ; the advantages 

 of which, as of most things, depend on the peculiar 

 circumstances in which persons are placed. In a 

 'general way it is by no means the most economical 



