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his premises, not far from Piccadillj', is perfection. 

 The former, in showing his *' good brown horse" to 

 his customer, wishes something not to be mentioned 

 may happen to his eyes or limbs if he has had sich 

 a orse in his possession ter year. The other ventures 

 to assure his customer he will find the horse shewn 

 him *' a most desirable animal ;" and his usual trans- 

 actions lead us to the fair inference that he believes 

 him to be so. Money is to be made by the scamp 

 Avho is never to be found to any certainty in any 

 place, and also by the man who is always to be found 

 in his own place, that he never disgraces by a dis- 

 graceful transaction. It is to be made by he who 

 liides to evade the laws, that at most times shew in 

 terrorem against him ; and it is to be made a hundred- 

 fold by the one who is sometimes reluctantly com- 

 pelled to seek those laws against those who we might 

 naturally suppose would be incapable of acts that 

 would render such resource necessary. Some persons, 

 nay, many, consider the highest of dealers to be ever 

 ready to deceive the customer ; such dealers could tell 

 many a tale where the highest customers have not 



