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arrangements for taking it home. It was not fit for a quiet or a 
nervous gentleman. It was only fit for a gentleman with a good 
nerve. The horse was not finished with, but I took it home at Mr. 
Collins’s request. I told him a gentleman eighty years old might 
ride it at a walking pace. I was glad to get it out of my hands. I 
did say to Mr. Collins it had not kicked for ten days ; that was not 
true, as it had kicked on going out there that day. 
Robert Harvey said : I sometimes work at Yeo’s stables. I re¬ 
collect the two geldings—Mr. Collins’s and Mr. Paul’s. John Yeo 
rode it around the yard on the 13th of May. It kicked very much, 
threw itself over on its head, and cut its eye. I then rode it. It 
kicked all the time, and threw itself over again. Richard Yeo rode 
Mr. Paul’s horse the same afternoon. Mr. Paul’s horse was sulky, 
but the whip would conquer it. Mr. Collins’s horse was not taken 
out saddled on Monday, the 30th of May. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Collins.—I know it was Monday because 
the horse threw me off. It had thrown me off' before. It threw 
John Yeo the same day. I go to* Yeo’s frequently. I ride horses 
for him. I recollect your sending for me, but did not go. The 
horses were the same height. 
Henry Marshall said : I go to Yeo’s sometimes. I recollect Mon¬ 
day, the 30th of May. I saw John Yeo mount Mr. Collins’s horse, 
and ride him around the yard. It kicked, and after a time threw 
itself over and fell with its eye against the wall. In rising it kicked 
John Yeo. John Yeo cut off a piece of its tail. Richard Yeo rode 
Paul’s horse. It was stubborn, and required whipping. I was in 
the stable in the forenoon and in the afternoon. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Collins.—It was about four o’clock when 
John Yeo rode the horse round the yard. Paul’s horse is stubborn, 
stops, kicks, and won’t go unless whipped. 
John Bray said: I saw Richard Yeo with Mr. Paul’s horse in 
Chapel Lane, on the 30th of May, between three and four o’clock. 
He was leading it, and said it had thrown him. I rode it home. 
I have ridden it before. It required the whip. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Collins.—I saw Richard Yeo out with 
Paul’s horse. I have ridden it. I know it was on that day Richard 
Yeo rode it, because I heard there would be mayor’s work about Mr. 
Collins’s horse. Mr. Collins’s horse would kick when urged to a 
trot. I worked for Yeo, and rode the horses for him. 
The defendant was fined 40s. and costs; or in default of pay¬ 
ment, ordered to be committed for a month, with hard labour. 
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MANURING PROM THE AIR. 
There are, however, other methods by which land may be 
manured than the visible substances placed upon it by the 
farmer. Most persons are not aware that soils are able to 
imbibe a vast amount of manure from the atmosphere, if put 
