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CHAPTER XXII. 



livery. — Vulgar liveries. — Leather waist-belts. — Pad-grooms. 

 — Equipment for pad-grooms. — Kiding-clothes. — Advice as 

 to the purchase of a horse. — Engagement-form for men- 

 servants. —Finale. 



I presume here to offer a few remarks on the sub- 

 ject of livery. As I observed at the commence- 

 ment of this book, my intention in writing it is to 

 benefit those who have little or no knowledge of the 

 subjects of which I have treated. Hence advice 

 which would perhaps be deemed an impertinence 

 under other circumstances will, I trust, be accepted 

 in the spirit in which it is intended. 



In selecting livery for his servants, may I urge 

 the reader to make choice of a colour, or combina- 

 tion of colours, which is unobtrusive and free from 

 any appearance of flashiness ? I am sure that his 

 natural instincts as a gentleman will insure this 

 being so ; but one does at times see such truly 

 fearful things in the way of livery, that it is well to 



