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thing for tliem to say, " they will work themselves 

 easy : " they will in time ; but they would work ray 

 horses hard before they did so. The weight of a 

 carriage, like that of a man, is always quite enough, 

 without its being made more distressing by our 

 inattention or want of judgment. Neither men nor 

 carriages are feather-weights to horses, but they are 

 equal to these when all is properly arranged. Want 

 of judgment, want of attention, and Avant of con- 

 sideration are the welter-weights that kill! 



