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state they can be for any purpose they are designed 

 and used for ; the other is to save in everj- particular, 

 and bj' doing the thing cheaply, or rather at little 

 expense, to limit the expenditure to the smallest pos- 

 sible item. I can have no hesitation whatever in 

 saying the latter mode never will realise the wishes 

 of those by whom it is practised, unless it may be 

 the costermonger, who buys an unfortunate animal 

 for forty shillings, with the full intent of working 

 him to death. It is true he may make the horse 

 earn money so long as he can stand on his legs ; but 

 when he can no longer do this, the forty shillings are 

 gone. Whereas, the man who buys an animal com- 

 petent to his labour, not only gets more work done, 

 and done with respectability, but sometimes sells out 

 to advantage. 



I once knew a butcher who, for the cart that 

 took round his meat to different gentlemen's houses, 

 would buy nothing but horses in the lowest pos- 

 sible condition. His plan was this : he bought 

 them at a very low price, and worked them into 

 proper order. He was well known, people saw his 



