In a great and rich country like this, there must, unavoidably, be a Tattersall's; and the wonder is, not that it is not better, but that it is not infinitely worse.

Lake all striking pictures, it had strong lights and shades.
Those who have suffered, are apt to retaliate; and a man who has been duped, too often thinks he has a right to make reprisals.

Tattersall's, therefore, is not without its privateers.

Many persons of rank and character patronize sporting, from a patriotic but mistaken notion, that it is to the turf alone the excellence of the English horse is attributable.
One person of this description, whom I saw there for a short time, I had the pleasure of knowing before; and from him I learned many interesting anecdotes of individuals whom he pointed out as having been once well known about town, but whose attachment to gambling had effected their ruin.

Personal stories of this kind are, however, not within the scope of this work.
As soon as we entered, Mr.Slick called my attention to the carriages which were exhibited for sale, to their elegant shape and "beautiful fixins," as he termed it; but ridiculed, in no measured terms, their enormous weight.