THE EXAMINATION OF HOUSES. 
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over” at all. On their arrival in town, he discovers that one 
of them has a spavin ; another turns out a roarer; a third has a 
cataract in his eye, and so forth: or it may happen, that some 
of these defects are not known to him until the animal (being- 
sold for sound) is returned on his hands for such cause of un¬ 
soundness. The gentleman who made the purchase declares 
him to be a rogue for having attempted such a fraud: so that 
the dealer is not only saddled with his unsound horse, but 
loses his customer, and (with that customer at least) his reputa¬ 
tion. This, certainly, appears a hard case. But, let us put the . 
same case in another point of view. Supposing the dealer had 
discovered the defect complained of, and was privy to it at the 
time he sold the horse: how is he to act? If he make this 
discovery known to the gentleman, the latter, most assuredly, 
will not look at his horse: and if he, with such a knowledge, 
warrant the animal to be sound, he is not only, by law, compelled 
to take the horse on return, but has, to all intents and purposes, 
committed a fraud, and is thenceforth deservedly held in low 
estimation. In fine, it is a most trying- and difficult part to play; 
and few there are who can play it profitably at all; but much 
fewer who play it honestly as well. Perhaps some of our kind 
readers will lend us a light or two to throw upon this interesting 
subject. 
V * * r r 
Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non.—H ok. 
— — 
Traite Eltmentaire de Matitre Mtdicale , et Pharmacologie , 
Vtterinaire; par M. Moiroud. Paris, 1831. 
• [Continued from p. 47.] 
We continue our translation and analysis, and purposely 
without remark. The Professor now considers the second class 
of debilitants; those which tend to moderate the velocity of the 
blood, and the too great activity of certain organs, and the produc¬ 
tion of animal heat. He observes, that if they were employed in 
their ordinary state of concentration, they would be excitants; 
but that, being sufficiently diluted, they possess the qualities which 
he attributes to them. 1 hey produce momentary contraction of 
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