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answer that the other ' stole them ready made,' and so 

 at one and the same time saved trouble and expense. 

 But if I am mystified, I daresay Mr. Parr's faithful 

 henchman, George Hall, if he had been consulted, 

 or man}- of the hotel proprietors whom his master 

 honoured with his patronage, might have considerably 

 enlightened us on this interesting subject. 



So, again, with, training, as Mr. Parr conducted it, 

 the business is a mystery to me. Training, like every- 

 thing else, is easy to do when you know how to do it ; 

 and so Ion 2; as things 2:0 smoothlv, one man can do 

 it as well as another. But when everything is wrong, 

 and unknown difficulties present themselves in every 

 direction, you must understand your business to be 

 able to overcome them, and this is just what the 

 unskilful cannot do. I once knew an elderly lady 

 who confidently assured me that her son was so 

 clever that he could attend to his farm in bed ; which 

 accounted for his not being seen till late in the day; 

 and, as a natural consequence, shortly after was not 

 seen at all. But I never before heard of a man who, 

 though gifted with the best of abilities, could train 

 horses from a hayloft. Yet this surprising feat of 

 ingenuity, I am credibly informed, was successfully 

 accomplished by Mr. Parr — to his own entire satis- 

 faction, at least. George Hall was his faithful attendant 

 on these occasions, for I fear they were not singular, 

 and would receive his instructions, and see them 

 carried out to the very letter. At all events, he knew 



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