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censure that, however irate they may feel against the 

 writer. Soliciting pardon for these fugitive and di- 

 gressive remarks, I now return to my subject. 



Our street carriages for hire are a strong proof 

 that my accusations are not unmerited, and here 

 master, man, and the public must in many instances 

 add to my category of the merciless. All the master, 

 or rather the generality of masters, care about is, 

 that so much money is brought home in a given time ; 

 that the carriage is brought in without damage, that 

 would put him to expense in repairing it ; and that 

 the horse comes home in such state as will not 

 diminish his value, or prevent his working the next 

 day. He sees, without remorse, his animal start in 

 the morning with a pair of fore feet that he is well 

 aware it is agony to put to the ground, and that 

 every step he takes is torture ; nor does the idea of 

 selling a horse so circumstanced ever enter his head, 

 and for this reason, if he happens to be a good, 

 game, and high-couraged animal, with such a disease 

 he will work for months, perhaps years. Should 

 some one make a remark on the cruelty of sending 



