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in this ; not a bit, it merely is the result of a little 

 foresight on my part. I never engage a cab with a 

 half-starved, miserable-looking animal attached to it, 

 or a dirty, slovenly fellow driving it. If the horse 

 looks in fair flesh, the vehicle decently clean, and 

 the man cleanly also, it shows there is respectabi- 

 lity of feeling and intention in master or man, 

 whichever he may be ; and where a wish to make a 

 respectable appearance is manifested, it usually in- 

 duces to a reasonable demand and proper civility 3 

 and I firmly believe half these self-styled victims and 

 sufferers are quite as unreasonable in the service they 

 want performed for a given sum, as any cabman can 

 be from what he demands ; but if people will engage 

 or get into cabs where the appearance of the animal, 

 vehicle, and man evince brutality and disregard of 

 respectability in the latter, they cannot be surprised 

 if they meet with extortion in the demand, and abuse 

 if it is not complied with. Such are the kind of 

 street vehicles (and my picture is not too highly 

 coloured) that people often engage. Let no one en- 

 courage such, and they would shortly disappear. 



