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animal they did not like, he would be made a con- 

 stant theme of complaint to the seller, which I 

 should hold quite as great an annoyance as taking 

 a horse back : indeed, in many cases, a far greater 

 one. 



Xow, warranting to a good judge is quite a 

 different affair : he seldom buys what will not suit 

 him ; he knows what he wants, knows the proper 

 horse to select for his purpose, and sees, on look- 

 ing at and trying a particular animal, whether 

 he is one calculated to meet his wants and wishes. 

 He would, therefore, regret as much as the seller 

 could, should his purchase turn out unsound, 

 because he would, by his doing so, miss what in 

 all other respects was what he wanted ; and, even 

 should some trifling unsoundness manifest itself, if, 

 on inspection, it was decided to be only temporary, 

 he would either retain the horse, under (as we 

 will term it) protest, or, if he sent him to the 

 owner's stable, would retake him on being pro- 

 nounced by proper authority sound. Further 

 than this, such a man rests his selection on his 

 own judgment; and should he show, or be asked 

 to show, his new purchase, he would do so to men 

 whose judgment would most probably coincide 

 with his own ; whereas the man who knows little 

 of such matters generally shows his purchase to, 

 and asks the opinion of, every friend and ac- 

 quaintance. These will be^ most likely, persons 



