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lecture came in, seated himself,, and commenced to 

 draw me out in conversation on the horse. Said he: 

 "You are all right, stranger, but I do not believe you 

 can introduce it. What will you take to teach me 

 what you know about the horse? I am in earnest." 



" I do not know as I could teach you all I know on 

 the horse," I replied. "It has been a life-long study 

 with me. If I was going to remain in this place I 

 could and would teach you some very valuable les- 

 sons." 



The remark I made to this man when he told me 

 he did not think I could introduce this science was, 

 *'I will or burst; that is, I will sink ever}^ dollar I 

 have got, then earn more, and go at it again." 



After this noble-minded and gentlemanly man 

 passed out. I inquired who he was. They said he 

 was the physician of their place. At that time I com- 

 menced to reason \vith m^^«=elf in this way: It took 

 me a lono; time to learn how to introduce it. I can 

 see now that I sailed out before I was full rigged. I 

 have got no bocks with these principles and rules laid 

 down. They cannot remember all that I say to them 

 if they- listen. I must write a book. Here is the 

 sticker — for me to convey all this in a book, and if I 

 do. that will not sell as this matter now stands. They 

 would call that a damned humbug, as they do me. 

 That will not do yet. It must be introduced first by 

 <]oing the work in order to get good, reliable, substan- 

 tial, noted scientific rnen for reference to put in the 

 book. I am going to leave this town and sail to Au- 

 burn city. I have a brother there, a horse-shoer, and 

 another twenty miles from there. They are both 



