196 WARRANTING. 



words " knowledge of the seller," from the above 

 author, .and converting the same to my own purpose ; 

 for which plagiarism I offer every apology. The 

 arguments and recommendations, however, in various 

 parts of " Caveat Emptor," in support of Warranty, 

 are not exactly applicable to India, nor can I agree 

 with them even for England, being opposed to war- 

 ranty in every shape ; so, with all due deference to 

 the ability and the pleasantry displayed in the writings 

 of that author, I am about to advise you to swamp 

 all warranty, for these reasons : 



1st. If you sell a horse to-day that either has a 

 slight cold on him, or catches one during the time of 

 sale, and that cold, from improper management or 

 neglect, degenerates into a chronic cough, the pur- 

 chaser may, perhaps, declare he had a chronic cough 

 on him at the time of sale, and bring evidence to prove 

 the horse coughed the minute he came out of your 

 hands, and has coughed every day since : if warranted, 

 in law you might be liable, and have to take him back. 



2nd. If you sell a horse, that should die two 

 months afterwards of chronic diseased lungs, and a 

 veterinary surgeon was to declare, from appearances 

 on dissection, that the horse must have been diseased 

 for a period of three months, and, consequently, must 

 have been so at the time of selling : if warranted, in 

 law you might be liable, and have to refund the 

 money. 



3rd. If you sell a horse that, four or five months 

 previously, had put out his hip, strained his shoulder 

 or back sinews, or had been lame from navicular dis- 

 ease ; and a fortnight or so after purchase, he again 

 puts out his hip, strains his shoulder, or back sinews, 



