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not have made such a picture dear, for his very skin 

 was worth 500 if only to have stuffed for an exhi- 

 bition. This serves as a further encouragement to 

 all who will be content with perfectness of form and 

 colour to determine for themselves, and not allow 

 their own pure judgment to be confiscated at the 

 shrine of a list of performances. Au contraire, always 

 keep fully in memory and before your eyesight the 

 correct model of a perfect thorough-bred, or of the 

 George III. Statue, and wait patiently the eventful 

 day when all these enticing yearlings are destined to 

 quit their paternal home. On that morning, should 

 you be quite a stranger, seek before the service begins 

 to make your countenance known to the master who is 

 to mount the pulpit, so that when your choice is 

 brought to the front you may have confidence to nod 

 quickly and resolutely, for in less than a minute the 

 Amen will be pronounced by a tap of that hammer 

 from which there is no ajjpeal; but then I predict 

 that the plain English in which I have particularized 

 all the material points will have piloted you safe 

 to perfection. Should your object be solely for speed 

 and performance that is une autre chose, and you must 

 go to another pair of shoes for counsel, though I feel 

 pretty well convinced that by perusing these Letters 

 twice you will be equally well shod for that. A 



