CHAPTER XVI.
A HORSE'S LETTER.
[TRANSLATED FOR THE TEA-TABLE.] Brooklyn Livery Stables, January 20, 1874.
My dear Gentlemen and Ladies: I am aware that this is the first time a horse has ever taken upon himself to address any member of the human family.

True, a second cousin of our household once addressed Balaam, but his voice for public speaking was so poor that he got unmercifully whacked, and never tried it again.

We have endured in silence all the outrages of many thousands of years, but feel it now time to make remonstrance.

Recent attentions have made us aware of our worth.

During the epizooetic epidemic we had at our stables innumerable calls from doctors and judges and clergymen.