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in his business as the horse does on the road, by no 

 means does so mth the same satisfaction as his partner. 

 If a man advances ten thousand pounds as capital, and 

 the other nothing, if each make two hundred a-year, 

 it is all very well for him that advances nothing. This 

 is the case with the man in the carriage ; the horse is 

 the man advancing the capital, for he advances all the 

 labour : therefore, till the rider has had a pull at the 

 carriage to ascertain its weight, he may be a little 

 incorrect in his statement of the ease ^vith which the 

 concern is got along ; and I rather think he is, for half 

 a ton weight of iron samples must come along rather 

 sulkily after a horse ; and I shrewdly suspect, that, as 

 the gentleman does not probably deal in iron necks, 

 the supposed security of his own goes a long way in 

 inducing him to think this travelling emporium of 

 iron commodities is g-ot alono; with as much ease as 

 he supposes. There is but one thing saves their 

 horses : they go slow ; and, if not coachmen, at least 

 show their judgment by using a drag: but do what 

 they will, a heavy load on four wheels is getting the 

 power of a horse gazetted long before he ought to 

 leave off business. If, added to this, he is made to 

 go fast, he would certainly not " take the henejit of the 

 Act,^^ but would very shortly do what many others in 

 business who have gone too fast have done — ^^ cut it^ 

 Horses are often put to much greater exertion than 

 their o^vners imagine, from their not being aware of 

 the actual weight of the carriages they use. A 

 lady will perhaps go to a coachmaker's and select 

 for her favourite ponies the lightest looking carriage 

 she sees there : nor is this confined to ladies : many 

 men would do the same thing, and would very 

 reasonably think that with so toy -like a vehicle their 



