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cloth named was, in shop phrase, ''a superior 

 artiele.'^ So he implies he considers the brown 

 horse to be. So, perhaps, he comparatively would 

 be ; that is, he was worth £40, while the remainder 

 averaged £25 or thereabouts. Such dealers as 

 these really make their money in a most re- 

 spectable way ; they are well known, so it is not 

 their interest, even supposing it to be their inclina- 

 tion, to do anything calling for just reprehension : 

 they are on a par and associate with the middling 

 farmer, miller, and others of the same rank in society. 

 Speaking generally, a man is perfectly safe in pur- 

 chasing from them : if the very bad judgment of the 

 purchaser induces him to fix on an animal ill-suited 

 to his purposes, though, figuratively speaking, he 

 will not '' put the saddle on the right horse," do not 

 let us fall into similar error by blaming the dealer : 

 it is the purchaser who should be blamed ; and if 

 he is to be pitied, the pity can only be as regards 

 his folly in buying without advice an object of which 

 he is no judge. 



Going higher, there is the hunting dealer, of 



