useful to you, as it has been to myself, you will read my little book a second time, and grudge neither the time nor the price. I have had above a hundred horses in my stables during the last two and twenty years, and have not averaged a loss of three pounds on each! It is not less instructive to add, that from a horse's fault, I have never broken a limb, or strained a muscle; yet my saddle has been more familiar to me than my sofa. I heartily wish you the same good fortune, and with the wish, I take my leave.

APPENDIX.

THE following are the conditions of sale at Mr. Tattersall's, and other repositories. I have to apologize to Mr. Tattersall, for erroneously spelling his name throughout the work: the error was not discovered till the sheets were worked off.

These conditions apply to sales by private contract as well as by auction.

1. The highest bidder to be the buyer; and if any dispute arise between any two or more bidders, the lot so disputed shall be immediately put up again and re-sold.

2. No person to advance less than five shillings; above five pounds, five shillings, and so on in proportion.

3. The purchasers to give in their names and places of abode (if required) and to pay down five shillings in the pound (if required) as earnest, and in part of payment; in default of which, the lot so purchased may be immediately put up again and re-sold, if the auctioneer shall think fit.

4. The lots to be taken away within one day after the sale is ended, at the buyer's expense, and the remainder of the purchase-money to be absolutely paid before the delivery of the lot.

5. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited to the owner of the lot, he paying thereout all just expenses, and the lot shall be re-sold by public or private sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such resale, shall be immediately made good by the defaulter at this sale.

6. If any person shall purchase a lot, and not pay for it within the time limited by the 4th condition, nothing contained in the 5th condition shall prevent the auctioneer, or owner of the lot, from compelling the purchaser to pay for it, if the auctioneer or seller shall so think fit.

7. The vendor shall be entitled to receive the purchase money of each lot not warranted sound, on the third day from the sale day; and all horses sold as sound on Monday, will be paid for on Friday; and all horses sold as sound on Thursday, will be paid for on Tuesday, provided the auctioneer shall then have received the purchase-money, or delivered the lot out of his custody, but not before.

8. The purchaser of any lot warranted sound, who shall conceive the same to be unsound, shall return the same, on or before the evening of the second day from the sale, otherwise the same shall be deemed sound, and the purchaser shall be obliged to keep the lot with all faults.

9. The King's tax shall be paid by the seller, and not by the purchaser.

10. All horses, carriages, &c., brought to this repository for sale, and sold by private contract, either by Messrs. TATTERSALL, the owner, or any one acting as agent for the owner of such horses, carriages, &c., shall pay the usual commission; and no person shall have a right to take away his horses, carriages, &c., until the commission, keep, and other expenses are paid, whether the same have been sold by public auction, or private contract, or are not sold.

11. All horses, carriages, &c., advertised by Messrs. Tatter

SALL (though not upon the premises at the time of sale, either by private contract or public auction) shall pay the usual commission.

Lastly. The conditions of sale, are :

If sold by public auction, two shillings in the pound;
If by private contract, one shilling in the pound; and
If not sold, five shillings for putting up.

The days for payment are, for unwarranted horses, Wednesdays; for warranted horses, Fridays, ONLY, between the hours of 10 and o'clock.

N. B. No money paid without a written order.

The following are the conditions of sale at the Bazaar:

Sales by Auction, for Horses and Carriages every Saturday, and by Commission daily.

Regulations for the sale of Horses by Commission.

1. Horses will be taken in for sale every day, from eight o'clock in the morning until eight in the evening, during summer, and until dark in the winter, after having passed the examination of the veterinary surgeon, in order to guard against the introduction of contagious disease.

2. The premises will be open for general business only during these hours, within which horses may be tried or taken away.

3. A commission of 5l. per cent. will be charged on the amount of all sales.

4. The proprietors of horses sold may receive the amount of sales, deducting for keep, commission, &c., on the fourth day after the sale.

5. The price for forage, &c. will be that ordinarily charged in the same neighbourhood from time to time.

6. Carriage horses may be seen in harness, and tried a short

distance out of the BAZAAR; but saddle horses will not be allowed to go out, unless by express permission of the owner, as the space within is sufficiently extensive and convenient for trial and exercise.

7. All horses purchased must be paid for previously to delivery; and persons failing to make payment within two days after the purchase, will become liable either to an action at law by the owner, or to a dissolution of the contract, at his (the owner's) option.

8. Should any horse be warranted, and proved unsound, he must be returned within the second day after the sale, (not including the day of sale,) and within the prescribed hours of that day. It must, however, be distinctly understood, that this period only applies to Mr. ALLEN'S liability, the law being open against the owners after that date, as in all other cases of warranty, and that all liability, on the part of the agent, will cease at the period he binds himself to pay over the amount of sales to the owners.

9. In all disputes which may arise respecting purchases and sales, where the law leaves it at the option of the parties either to bring or defend actions in the name of the agents or the principals, no action will be brought or defended by the agent, or in his name, but the action and defence must be brought or made by the parties themselves, and in their own names; thereby leaving the agent what he ought to be in the transaction, an impartial witness, to prove the facts in dispute.

10. When a horse, having been warranted sound, shall be returned within the prescribed period, on account of unsoundness, a certificate from the veterinary surgeon, particularly describing the unsoundness, must accompany the horse so returned; when, if it be agreed to by the veterinary surgeon of the establishment, the amount received for the horse shall be immediately paid back; but if the veterinary surgeon of the establishment should not confirm the certificate, then, in order to avoid further dispute, another veterinary surgeon shall be