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don carriage of Hoiilditch or Adams' make, might 

 loug want for a purchaser in Birmingham ; but 

 Heaven, in its mercy, does not doom Horsemen to 

 come in contact with the inhabitants of such places 

 only. It will be found that this ''article in general 

 demand," is Avrongly so styled; he is only in 

 general demand in certain places; for there are 

 others where the mnjorit}' of the inhabitants would 

 not look at him ; so here he would be only an article 

 in particular demand ; by no means particularly in 

 demand, but merely in demand among particular 

 persons. Perhaps, and most probably, there are 

 enough of such to meet the supply ; but suppose the 

 demand even overbalanced the supply, unless an in- 

 creased price could be obtained, what would be the 

 use of finding plenty of purchasers for anything by 

 which no profit is to be made ? In fact, the '' doing 

 a great stroke of business," (I admire technical 

 terms,) would be anything but a stroke of policy. 

 I know my advice to be good, when I say breed a 

 better sort, or do not breed at all — that is, if profit 

 be the object. 



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