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anything the matter with the mare, and Cranness, who rode the animal 
to Attleborough, the day after the sale, said it was quite sound then. 
Mr. Cooper replied, and 
His Honour said—It is for the plaintiff, of course, to satisfy me of his 
whole case. I cannot say that he has satisfied me, or anything like it. 
The way in which he gave his own evidence was very nearly putting 
him out of Court. He can remember nothing he is wanted to remember, 
and I would not put the slightest trust in anything that he has said. 
His memory was so exceedingly inconvenient for himself, and then I 
must come to this; no doubt there was a warranty ; that is admitted. 
Was there a breach of it? Was the mare lame on the 1st of August, 
or were there the seeds of lameness ? I do not think that is proved at 
all. We have it on the authority of Mr. Wells and Mr. Mayes that the 
navicular disease and acute fever in the laminae of the feet hardly ever 
co-exist, and it is very improbable that the inflammation should extend 
from the navicular bone to the laminae. If that is so, the plaintiff is out 
of court, because it is clear on the certificate given by Mr. Leeds that 
on the 20th of August the mare was suffering from acute fever in the 
feet. If she had been suffering from navicular disease, and had had a 
contracted foot, Mr. Leeds, who examined her carefully, could hardly 
have failed to perceive it, and as a matter of course put that in his cer¬ 
tificate, which he has not done. It seems to me that all the lameness that 
has been spoken of might arise, and probably did arise, after she came 
into the possession of the plaintiff, and I think his own conduct rather 
tends to show that was the case. He could have shown her to any 
veterinary surgeon on the Monday or during that week, although the 
man had told him, as his man said, she came home lame from Attle¬ 
borough, and although she was so lame when she came out of the stable, 
he never called in any veterinary surgeon to make any inquiries. His 
judgment must be for the defendant .—Norwich Mercury. 
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PERSONAL SAFETY OE THE ARAB BARRIER. 
General Daumas, in his work c The Horses of the 
Sahara/ states that perhaps nothing exemplifies the high 
value put upon a horse by these wandering people so much 
as this fact, that, although delighting in war and bloodshed, 
they never kill a farrier; they would as soon think of poison¬ 
ing a well; he has only to alight, and imitate with the two 
corners of his burnous—raising and depressing them by 
turns—the movement of the bellows, and his life is held as 
sacred as that of a herald or a priest among more civilised 
nations. On the other hand, if a farrier chance to grow rich, 
a quarrel is often fastened upon him, and a portion of his 
wealth taken away, and held in hostage, to prevent so de¬ 
sirable a neighbour quitting the district. 
Contrary to the accepted opinion, the Arabs shoe their 
horses, although they take the shoes off in the spring. These 
are very light, of a soft, pliant metal, and are put on cold. 
