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whether they lay with the coachman, or with the 

 master himself; for there is no blinking the fact that 

 there must have been a faulty understanding some- 

 where. Arguments, excuses, and recriminations how- 

 ever will come too late when the evil is done, and 

 whether the pace may have been fast or slow, and the 

 distance thirty-five miles or only five miles, would 

 matter not ; more work would have been given than 

 the legs could stand, and every one that may be 

 brought into this over- worked state, will very properly 

 be condemned to suffer a diminished value of eighty 

 to ninety per cent, according to the quantity and size of 

 the peas, beans, or onions found in their fetlock fobs. 



A most interesting letter from an universally known 

 gentleman, appeared in one of the daily papers some 

 two months ago, recommending the Government to 

 have regular studs so as to insure our cavalry, &;c. 

 being properly mounted ; and if some measure of the 

 kind is not resorted to, and the private breeders of 

 horses should also refuse to listen to the contents of 

 this little pamphlet on that subject, I fear we are likely 

 soon to go from bad to worse. The description of 

 horse required for cavalry purposes is stated in a few 

 words at page 65 of my "Aide-de-camp" before referred 

 to, as follows : — " Size, strength and activity with 

 fresh, strong legs, tough feet, and open heels, are the 



