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was then, as his back was whole, thought fit for 

 the latter ; indeed, his exertions, in this service of 

 unfeeling avarice and folly ', were great beyond belief. 

 He was always, late and early, made ready for 

 action ; he was never allowed to rest, even on 

 the Sabbath day, because he could trot well, had a 

 good bottom, and was the best hack in town ; and, 

 it being a day of pleasure and pastime, he was 

 much sought after by beings, in appearance, some- 

 thing like gentlemen ; in whose hands his suffer- 

 ings were greater than his nature could bear. Has 

 not the compassionate eye beheld him whipped, 

 spurred, and galloped beyond his strength, in order 

 to accomplish double the length of the journey that 

 he was engaged to perform, till, by the inward grief 

 expressed in his countenance, he seemed to plead 

 for mercy, one would have thought most powerfully, 

 but, alas, in vain ! In the whole load which he bore 

 (as was often the case), not an ounce of humanity 

 could be found ; and his rider being determined to 

 have pennyworths for his money, the ribs of this 

 silent slave, where not a hair had for long been 

 suffered to grow, were still ripped up. He was 

 pushed forward through a stony rivulet, then on 

 hard road against the hill, and having lost his shoe, 

 split his hoof, and being quite spent with hunger 

 and fatigue, he fell, broke his nose and his knees, 

 and was unable to proceed; and becoming greased, 

 spavined, ringboned, blind of an eye, and the skin, 

 by repeated friction, being worn off all the large 

 prominences of his body, he was judged to be only 

 fit for the dogs : however, one shilling and six- 

 pence beyond the dog-horse price saved his life, 

 and he became the property of a poor dealer and 



horse doctor. 



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