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hours. It IS very clear that justice can never 

 be administered while quacks are allowed to 

 give evidence, (at least if their evidence is allowed 

 to have any weight,) on a thing they know no 

 more about than the thing does about them. 



And another thing, the dealer always goes 

 into court like a dog with a bad name. It is 

 supposed that he must have known of the un- 

 soundness, and consequently when the cause is 

 tried before a jury, their minds, in spite of 

 themselves, are biassed in favour of the simple 

 buyer ; and that, coupled with their ignorance 

 of horse affairs, and the perplexity introduced 

 by the contradictory statements of ignorant and 

 incompetent witnesses, make a lawsuit in this 

 particular case, at best a mere lottery : a lottery 

 too where the parties have very unequal chances. 

 These remarks are not out of place. They are 

 intended as advice to the purchaser. Let him 

 recollect that his new horse is not fit for any 

 thing like hard work, until he has been prepared 

 for it by daily and gradually increasing exertion. 

 And where a horse does die shortly after sale, 

 get a Veterinary Surgeon to examine the body ; 

 he is the only competent person to decide 



K 



