THE ADVENTURES OF A GENTLEMAN IN SEARCH OF A HORSE. BY CAVEAT EMPTOR, GENT., ONE, &c. BIBL LONDON: LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN; AND SAMUEL BAGSTER, No. 15, PATERNOSTER ROW, ANd No. 6, Vere STREET, OXFORD STREET ΤΟ SIR JOHN GURNEY, KNT., ONE OF THE BARONS OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF EXCHEQUER, &c. &c. &c. MY LORD, When the following pages were begun, the object was simply to amuse some saucy boys with whom Heaven has blest my fireside; their laugh, however, was shared by grown-up children, who were good-naturedly pleased to suggest that the addition of a little practical information might give a value to the preliminary nonsense; and finally, my printer, (who has long toiled with me in graver occupations, and whose retrospect of a useful and benevolent life |