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day, but by the month, at the rate of 150 francs for the two, 
Peteau being chargeable with the keep and care of them, and 
with the express condition that he should keep them during the 
dead seasouy that is until the 1st of October, when the letters of 
horses can again easily dispose of them at Paris; and that with¬ 
out this promise he would not have let them at so low a price. 
He added, that, when a hired horse was returned in the course of 
the month, and especially after the 15th day, usage had esta¬ 
blished that the hirer should pay for the whole month ; or, if he 
preferred it, according to the number of days that had elapsed 
since the first of the month, at the rate of 6 francs per day, and 
not calculating according to the monthly hiring; that, accord¬ 
ing to this principle, universally adopted in these transactions, 
Peteau was indebted to him the hire of both the horses, or at 
least of the horse that survived, because he had not returned him 
until the 18th. Doga added, that, as to the indemnity of 300 
francs that had been offered to him on account of the loss of the 
horse that had had its leg broken, it was so little, compared with 
the actual value of the animal, that he was compelled to reject 
it; that the horse was considerably the better of the two; and 
that, some days before the letting of them to Peteau, he had re¬ 
fused 2,200 francs for the pair ; and that consequently the horse 
that died was worth at least 1,100 francs; but that, being willing 
to bear a portion of the loss, he had reduced his claim to 800 
francs, and he trusted that the court could not decree a less sum 
than that. In confirmation of his statement respecting the 
value of the horses, he begged permission to call two witnesses. 
1. M. Meslier, also letter of horses and carriages, living at 
No. 37, Faubourg-street, Honore-street, who affirmed that he 
recollected the horse of which Peteau had spoken, as making one 
of a pair of horses belonging to Doga which he had been bar¬ 
gaining about in the latter part of May last, and which then 
stood in Paix-street. He added, that, after having tried these 
horses, he had offered 2,200 francs for them; but that Doga re¬ 
fused that sum, and would not take less than 2,400 francs. 
2. M. Giraud, veterinary surgeon, living at No. 30, Faubourg- 
street, Honore-street, deposed, that his employer, Meslier, had 
consulted him about the end of May, as to the purchase of a pair 
of horses which Doga had to sell; that he had examined them, 
and advised Meslier to purchase them; that, privately, he had 
advised Meslier not to give more than the 2,200 francs which 
he had offered, that sum appearing to him more than they were 
worth. 
Having, then, been shewn the horse which Peteau had sent 
back, he said that he perfectly recollected him as one of the two 
horses that he had examined. Then, being examined by Meslier, 
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