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' "'What sort of horses?' "'Oh, dead ones, of course!' "'Dead ones!' "'Certainly. At that price you could hardly expect any thing better. ' "'My dear M. Martin, be kind enough to explain. I am travelling for myimprovement, and information of all kinds is highly acceptable. ' "'You are acquainted with the history of the horse, I suppose?' "'The natural history? Buffon's? Certainly. The horse is, after the lion, the noblest of all the beasts. ' "'No, no; the philosophical history. The different s...tages and vicissitudesin the existence of those noble quadrupeds. ' "'Oh yes! first the saddle, then a carriage or gig, thence to astage-coach or omnibus, hackney-coach or cab, and finally--to theknacker's. ' "'And from the knacker's?' "'To the Elysian fields, I suppose. ' "'No. Not here, at least. From the knacker's they go to the _corricoli_. ' "'How so?' "'I will tell you. At the Ponte della Maddalena, where horses are taken tobe killed, there are always persons waiting, who, when a horse is brought, buy the hide and hoofs for thirty carlini, which is the price regulated bylaw.
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