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back, and return in the cool of the evening ; so, in 

 the gentleman hirer's terms, " the horse will have 

 plenty of time for rest and refreshment." And so he 

 would had such been the truth, and only a fair and 

 moderate day's work ; but instead of once contem- 

 plating the dining at Salt Hill, where I, at least, 

 never found such a thing could be achieved for a 

 trifle, they well knew they intended to go where 

 they could dine for nothing, namely, at some relative 

 or friend's house in the neighbourhood of Twyford, 

 and where, if accommodation for the animal was to 

 be attained, the item of his cost would be diminished. 

 In going, instead of the lunch at Hounslow, and the 

 promised rest and refreshment at Salt Hill, a bit of 

 hay (and water to any extent the ostler chose to give 

 it, or possibly the thirsty animal chose to take it at 

 a trough, in the middle of the journey) sufficed, or 

 was made to do so, while the party complaining of 

 the heat consoled themselves inside the house with 

 cold negus, or a cool tankard. On arriving at the 

 friend's, if the horse could be taken in, a reward was 

 furtively promised the lout who took him, to " feed 



