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ed, I will tell him a fhort anecdote within mv 

 own knowledge. 



A neighbouring farmer fold a well-bred hunt- 

 ing mare, four years old, to a London dealer, 

 for fifty pounds. When (he was offered for de- 

 livery the dealer had repented of his bargain, 

 and refufed to accept of her, pretending (he was 

 lame: the farmer took her back without grum- 

 bling, rode her to market, and m^^de her carry 

 flieep-fkins, butter, eggs, &c. and hunted her 

 in turn during the next winter — in ihort, fhe 

 wasahorfeof all work. In Auguft following the 

 fame horfe-dealer came again, and, in thecourfe 

 of converfation, enquired what the farmer had 

 done with the mare. The anfwer was he had 

 her flill. "Ah, ahl" replies the horfe dealer, 

 "I thought you would not ea.fily get rid of her. 

 Lame as a cat, I fuppofe?" "You are miila- 

 ken,'* fays the farmer; "fhe is perfedlly found, 

 and has never been lame fince." The dealer 

 defired to fee her; fhe was led out, and he im- 

 mediately told the farmer he was ready to pay 

 him the fifty pounds for her. "No,'' fays the 

 farmer, "that will not do now : you mull dou- 

 ble the dofe j the leaft I will take is one hun- 

 dred 



