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I followed him into the house to give him the money, 

 when the seller candidly told me he had given thirty 

 pounds for the horse, and had sold him two or three 

 times for more money; but he had always been re- 

 turned, as he would not go in harness. Not very 

 well satisfied with my bargain, I walked away, 

 desiring him to send the horse round to the Eoe- 

 buck. 



' Early fliext morning I borrowed a break, harnessed 

 him, and put him to with another horse ; but he would 

 not move, and when touched with the whip he reared 

 right on end, then threw himself down, and there he 

 lay. At this I thought it was a bad case, when 

 my friend, who had kindly put me up to this great 

 bargain, called to me, and said : 



'"Master, master! light a truss of straw and put 

 under him !" 



' Nothing loth to make trial of such a remedy, 

 which I had heard of before, though I had never seen 

 it practised, and there being few people about, for it 

 was early in the morning, we unbuckled his traces, 

 got him out, and with the other horse drew the 

 break into the corn-market, and put him to again, 

 for I was not to be beaten without a further trial. 

 My friend then procured me a wisp of straw, and 

 strewed it on the ground under the horse, and when I 

 was ready set fire to it. The animal made two or 



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