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every shilling of the money, pay ten pounds for ex- 

 penses, and fifty pounds to compensate me for the 

 trouble I have taken to suppress the circulation of the 

 handbills, and thereby saving you from gaol, where you 

 have been so often ; for if you go again you are certain 

 to be transported." 



Doctor. " I agree to the conditions, and will pay you 

 the money and take the horse back." 



The money (144) was paid to the dealer then and 

 there. He subsequently paid the Captain his money 

 back and expenses (although not bound to do so), and 

 kept the remainder for himself, so that, in this instance 

 at least, one of the most clever horse-copers in London 

 was out-copered. 



Ify chapters on horse swindling are now drawing to 

 a close, and I flatter myself that I say that the principal 

 object which I had in view has been attained viz., 

 that of drawing a line between the honourable licensed 

 dealer in horses and the low swindling coper, with which 

 London and the country abound. 



There is at all times a sufficient number of useful 

 horses to be found in the boxes of respectable dealers, so 

 that there is no reason that gentlemen should incur the 

 risk of being cheated in the purchase of them. But the 

 desire to buy cheap horses is so predominant, that the 

 regular licensed dealer is deserted for the horse coper, 

 which is the cause of our continually hearing of gentle- 

 men being swindled. Purchasers seem to forget (if they 

 ever knew) that really good horses, free from defects, 



